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Joe Tseng <jtseng@gwyn.tux.org> writes:

> Is there some software that will allow for the
> computer to detect hardware (eg modems) (eg SuperProbe for video cards)  
> and configure itself for them?  Or at least get the right settings?

Currently PnP stuff is best handled by pnpdump/isapnpconf. They have a rather crufty
modus operandi: you dump PnP configuration space to a file, edit it to uncomment
a setting that makes sense for your system and load the result:

	pnpdump >/etc/isapnp.conf
	vi /etc/isapnp.conf
	isapnpconf /etc/isapnp.conf

As they say in the file, don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy.

I understand that there is going to be PnP configuration in the kernel some day,
but this is the situation for now.


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On Tue, 30 Dec 1997 09:12:47 -0500, Joe Tseng <jtseng@gwyn.tux.org> wrote:
>I have been pulling my hair out trying to detect my modems and it's just
>not working at all.  I tried to use 95 and NT to help but that information
>has not borne fruit.  Is there some software that will allow for the
>computer to detect hardware (eg modems) (eg SuperProbe for video cards)  
>and configure itself for them?  Or at least get the right settings?
>
>And if anyone has any info for my hardware I've got an Acer Aspire 1250
>K6-166 w/USR Sportster 288 and a Rockwell PnP 336.

	What exactlly is the problem you're having?  Both of those modems
"should" be ok.  The PnP, is it an external or internal?

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Is your sportster a win modem???

Personally, I never liked Plug and Prey...

Joe Tseng wrote:

> I have been pulling my hair out trying to detect my modems and it's just
> not working at all.  I tried to use 95 and NT to help but that information
> has not borne fruit.  Is there some software that will allow for the
> computer to detect hardware (eg modems) (eg SuperProbe for video cards)
> and configure itself for them?  Or at least get the right settings?
>
> And if anyone has any info for my hardware I've got an Acer Aspire 1250
> K6-166 w/USR Sportster 288 and a Rockwell PnP 336.
>
> Joe Tseng
> (301)523-4877
> mailto:jtseng@wauug.erols.com | http://wauug.erols.com/~jtseng/
> 1998 NEW YORK YANKEES -- Unfinished Business
> #include <disclaimer.h>

Joe Klemmer wrote:
> 
> >And if anyone has any info for my hardware I've got an Acer Aspire 1250
> >K6-166 w/USR Sportster 288 and a Rockwell PnP 336.
> 
>         What exactlly is the problem you're having?  Both of those modems
> "should" be ok.  The PnP, is it an external or internal?
> 

Well you remember how you can specify where you wanted /dev/modem to be
symbolically linked in the install?  For me it's not that easy...  I
tried pointing it to both cua0 and cua1 (Rockwell and USR respectively)
and neither one works.  (FYI both are internals.)

I wanted to find out if there was some software that would probe my
hardware settings (what's on cua1, its irq, hex address, etc.) so I can
use setserial or some other utility to get my modem(s) working.  Right
now if I use minicom to test each port nothing would end up happening.

Shouldn't this be straightfoward?

On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, N. Emile Akabi-Davis wrote:

> If they both work under Win95/NT then get the port and irq
> they are on from here.
> Remember that COMx corresponds to /dev/cua(x-1) in Linux terms.

My USR does not work with Win9$ (I do have the address and irq settings 
for the Rockwell) and under ports in WingNuTs all the address and irq
windows say is "default".

From bootup I think my COM2/cua1 is of address 2E8h and from my USR the
irq is 3.  And yet when I use setserial it says the port is busy and it's
set on auto mode.

> Isapnptools is what you are looking for if both are PnP modems.
> This will detect PnP modems. Hope this helps.
> Jus musin as usual .....

Already ran that.  If anything it should have picked up at least the
Rockwell PnP on com1/cua0.  (Though it is picking up something).

It shouldn't be this backbreakingly difficult, right?  Or does Acer suck?


Joe Tseng
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