From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 21 14:25:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from marinemwr.or.jp (konnect3.marinemwr.or.jp [203.181.108.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 688AA14EF7 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 1999 14:25:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neillt@coastalnet.com) Received: from zippy (CCT54.marinemwr.or.jp [202.239.139.54]) by marinemwr.or.jp (8.8.8/3.6W+07/25/98) with SMTP id HAA05566 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 07:24:52 +0900 (JST) Reply-To: neillt@coastalnet.com To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem card problems Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 07:22:43 +0900 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.17] Content-Type: text/plain References: <199903211901.LAA01152@raj.cisco.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <99032207274900.02324@zippy> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: neillt@coastalnet.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Richard Johnson wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 3.1 and I recently purchased a ActionTec modem > card (because it's specifically listed in the /etc/pccard.conf file in > the distribution). I noticed that the pccard.conf file configures it > as IRQ 10 and my 3Com ethernet card uses IRQ 10, so I tried changing > it to IRQ 15. It didn't work. When I open the device, the kernel > hangs! I had the exact same problem with my CTX Notebook.... the thread was running on the -mobile list about a week ago. I was pulling my hair out. It turns out my ActionTec modem was the culprit. > Finally, I got the kernel to not hang by removing the "ep0" ethernet > device driver entirely and letting the modem use IRQ 10, but even then > I can't talk to the card using tip. It's configured as "sio2" so I've > been talking to it using /dev/cuaa2, but no matter what I type I don't > get anything from the card ("AT" gives no response). I never even got that far with it. > I'm at a loss. Can someone tell me what type of PCMCIA modem card > *does* work under FreeBSD 3.1 or what I'm doing wrong with this one? > (I searched through the list archives and didn't see anything > addressing this.) I swapped my ActionTec out for a Xircom. It works great now! (It's a Xircom CreditCard Modem CM56-T). Let me know if you need kernel / pccard config files.... Neill --- HN Neill Thornton, USN Go Navy!! 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Battalion Aid Station neillt@marinemwr.or.jp / neillt@coastalnet.com Powered by FreeBSD... see how @ www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message