Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 02:25:30 -0500 From: "Jim Freeze" <jim@freeze.org> To: "Andrew" <acs@fl.net.au>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: User PPP and Internal PCI Modem Message-ID: <000701bf90ab$40bd0500$396ec8d0@lexmark.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003181500580.21677-100000@jander.fl.net.au>
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> On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Jim Freeze wrote: > > > I have a PCI modem in a PCI port. > > Its not a winmodem is it? Most internal modems seem to be these days... I had a modem that I had retrieved from a deceased compaq computer. I wasn't able to verify that it was not a winmodem, so I purchased a PCI internal modem that is 'supposed' to not be a winmodem. The external modems are quite expensive. --Is there a way to tell by the way fbsd probes the devices?-- > > > The problem is, where does the modem show up, or, how > > do I find it. > > If you type dmesg you should see it being detected...probably as sio2 or > sio3. > > > When I try cuaa2 or cuaa3 I get an error...something about invalid file > > descriptor. > > These serail ports are probably disabled in your kernel. You should be > able to use the kernel configuration editor to reenable these or you may > have to rebuild your kernel and remove the disable keywords from in fron > of sio2 and sio3. To get to the kernel configuration tool, when you boot > you should get a message about pressing enter to boot immeadiatly or any > other key for (something I forget). Press any other key then type boot -c. > > When you get the config prompt you probably want to type visual. > I did as you suggested and entered into the boot configuration screen. Then I added the two serial ports sio2 and sio3 to the hardware list to be checked. Here is the results from dmesg: sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16550A sio2: configured irq 5 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio2 not found at 0x3e8 sio3: configured irq 9 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio3 not found at 0x2e8 Of course, ppp does not work since I don't have a valid value for the device setting in the ppp.conf file: set device /dev/cuaa? And, depending what 'bad' value I choose, I get different results. # ppp Working in interactive mode Using interface: tun0 ppp ON > dial Warning: deflink: /dev/cuaa2: Bad file descriptor ---- or for cuaa0 no affect. Can you tell what is going on now? I'm not sure what to try next, except to keep reading and hope I get lucky. Thanks Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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