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i've posted a couple of times without success.  i'm having difficulty
with my modem locking up on me.  it usually happens during a disconnect.
i'll run my disconnect script and the modem just locks up.  so far the
only solution i have found is powering down the computer.  i always
thought that one of the beauties of linux was that you could avoid that.

i'm running red hat 5.2 with afterstep 1.6.6.  

thanks for any help.
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On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:52:01 -0500, jack wallen

Quote:>i've posted a couple of times without success.  i'm having difficulty
>with my modem locking up on me.  it usually happens during a disconnect.
>i'll run my disconnect script and the modem just locks up.  so far the
>only solution i have found is powering down the computer.  i always
>thought that one of the beauties of linux was that you could avoid that.

 I had something similar at one point with some generic internal modem.
The problem was evidently in the modem defaults, and was cured by a
couple of AT commands on startup after modem reset.  I've forgotten
exactly what it was (you need to look in your AT commands reference
which should have come with your modem) but it was something like the
following modem initialization string:

ATZ
ATX4&C1&D2

I think it's the &C1 or &D2 that's the important one...?

Anyway, give it a try and good luck,
geoff

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Geoff Allsup                   Upper Ocean Processes Group
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution   Woods Hole, MA, USA
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: i've posted a couple of times without success.  i'm having difficulty
: with my modem locking up on me.  it usually happens during a disconnect.
: i'll run my disconnect script and the modem just locks up.  so far the
: only solution i have found is powering down the computer.  i always
: thought that one of the beauties of linux was that you could avoid that.

I would bet that all modems lockup occasionly - mine does, but not more
than 3-4 times a year.  Its not an OS thing, its a hardware thing.

If yours is doing this more than once a month, with no power hiccups
associated with the hangup, you should consider getting a new modem.
You pay extra for an external modem but then you can just turn it off
and on without the need to powerdown the computer.

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