Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:36:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Antoine Beaupre <beaupran@IRO.UMontreal.CA> To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PnP modem not recognized at boot, but by pnpinfo(8) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009201234430.24821-100000@phobos.IRO.UMontreal.CA> In-Reply-To: <20000920004341.B257@parish>
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On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 10:45:37AM -0400, Antoine Beaupre wrote: > >=20 > > I have `resolved` my problem in some way. The modem is recognized at > > boot. I cannot provide much details for now, since it`s not yet fully > > functional. (see my other posting)=20 > >=20 > > I`ll just say for now that it was indeed a BIOS setting that solved the > > problem. Curiously, this also busted windows support for the modem!!! S= o > > now I can`t use my modem at all.. :( > >=20 >=20 > Not really surprising. If I remember correctly, once W95 has allocated > an IRQ and address for a device it forces the BIOS to update it's > "resources table" so that on subsequent boots it always uses the same > (Windows determined) IRQ. By changing the "PnP OS" setting to "no" the > BIOS is assigning resources the way it wants to. Your Windows is > expecting the modem to be on a particular IRQ and not finding it so it > gives up. Grrr.. I hate-hate-hate-hate windows. I'll move PnP OS to NO. But now my modem is working in windows. Re-install. For about the.. say.. 20th these 2 weeks? But I still have the other problem with my modem in FBSD (see my other post, I won't discuss it here.. :) =20 > Try completely removing your modem in Windows, doing the reboot, and > hopefully Windows will re-find it (with "PnP OS" set to "no" in your > BIOS should mean that Windows won't be able to f*!=A3 it up again. 'll try that thanks.=20 > >=20 > > > Just thought of something. Does your BIOS have a ``PnP OS'' option?. > > > If so, what is it set to, and what happens if you change it from "yes= " > > > to "no" or vice versa. > > >=20 > > > The last line of your pnpinfo(8) shows that the modem is not > > > initialized: > > >=20 > > > -- card select # 0x0001 > > >=20 > > > CSN CIR2000 (0x0020320d), Serial Number 0xffffffff > > >=20 > > > Logical device #0 > > > IO: 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 > > > IRQ 0 0 > > > DMA 4 4 > > > IO range check 0x00 activate 0x00 > > >=20 > > > Maybe you need to let the BIOS initialize the card (PnP OS =3D=3D "n"= )? > > >=20 > > > > Si l'image donne l'illusion de savoir > > > > C'est que l'adage pretend que pour croire, > > > > L'important ne serait que de voir > > >=20 > > > If the image gives the illusion of knowledge(?) > > > It is what the ???????? for thought(?) > > > It is not important to know what is seen(?) > > >=20 > > > --=20 > > > =09=094.4 - The number of the Beastie > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > 51.44=B0N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > > 2.057=B0W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark > > > mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > >=20 > >=20 > > Si l'image donne l'illusion de savoir > > C'est que l'adage pretend que pour croire, > > L'important ne serait que de voir > >=20 > > Lofofora > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 > --=20 > =09=094.4 - The number of the Beastie > ________________________________________________________________ > 51.44=B0N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > 2.057=B0W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark > mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com >=20 Si l'image donne l'illusion de savoir C'est que l'adage pretend que pour croire, L'important ne serait que de voir Lofofora To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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