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From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
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Andreas Terzis wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I recently upgraded my machine from 2.1.0R to 2.1.5R and I have the following
> problem: My modem is not detected !!!
> I have an internal modem in COM4 (sio3) which worked in 2.10R and works in
> Win95. I don't have a COM2 serial port so there mustn' be any problem with
> IRQ 3.
> Do you have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Andreas Terzis
> 
> P.S: here is a piece of my config file and what i get during start-up
> 
> MYKERNEL
> device          sio0    at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr
> device          sio1    at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr
> #device         sio2    at isa? port "IO_COM3" tty irq 4 vector siointr
> device          sio3    at isa? port "IO_COM4" tty irq 3 vector siointr
> 
> /var/log/messages
> 
> Sep 17 17:06:33 themis /kernel: sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
> Sep 17 17:06:33 themis /kernel: sio0: type 16550A
> Sep 17 17:06:33 themis /kernel: sio1 not found at 0x2f8
> Sep 17 17:06:33 themis /kernel: sio3 not found at 0x2e8

Do to some conflicts with other hardware the GENERIC kernel does not
support com3 or com4 you need to compile a custom kernel.
But if you don't have com2 in use why don't you re-configure your
modem to use com2, IMHO you would be better off!


-Enjoy
Gary
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