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by **walterby** » Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:43:44

I am using Mandrake 9.0. Mandrake control center can not find this
card.
A pnpdump identified this card as a NCI1000. This is an old
33.6kpbs/ISA.
This card can be set up as either PnP, or set to a specific IRQ.
Presently, I have it set up as PnP.
This is the only ISA card on my system.
I did an isapnp -c > /etc/isapnp.conf.
I now have the following line in /ect/isapnp.conf file:
(NAME "NCI1000/-1[0] {336ifxC Internal Modem }")
(ACT Y)
In my /etc/isapnp.gone.rpmnew file: irq's 3,4,7 are listed and not
commented out. irq's 5,12 are listed but commented out.
In my /proc/interrups file, the following irq's are listed:
0,1,2,5,8,11,12,14,15.
I think irq 5 is used by pnp sound. I assume irq 6 is used by my
floppy.
Which would leave IRQs: 9,10, and 13?

Any help appreciated, thank you.

by **Bob Marti** » Wed, 01 Jan 2003 10:33:34

> I am using Mandrake 9.0. Mandrake control center can not find this
> card.
> A pnpdump identified this card as a NCI1000. This is an old
> 33.6kpbs/ISA.
> This card can be set up as either PnP, or set to a specific IRQ.
> Presently, I have it set up as PnP.
> This is the only ISA card on my system.
> I did an isapnp -c > /etc/isapnp.conf.
> I now have the following line in /ect/isapnp.conf file:
> (NAME "NCI1000/-1[0] {336ifxC Internal Modem }")
> (ACT Y)
> In my /etc/isapnp.gone.rpmnew file: irq's 3,4,7 are listed and not
> commented out. irq's 5,12 are listed but commented out.
> In my /proc/interrups file, the following irq's are listed:
> 0,1,2,5,8,11,12,14,15.
> I think irq 5 is used by pnp sound. I assume irq 6 is used by my
> floppy.
> Which would leave IRQs: 9,10, and 13?

> Any help appreciated, thank you.

Forget the Plug-n-pray, turn it off if you can, You can use irq 3 or 4 and
disable the corresponding serial port in your BIOS.
--

Bob Martin

by **walterby** » Wed, 01 Jan 2003 19:47:53

Thanks. I will set up manually. What else do I do? Do I need to do
modconf? Or a setserial?

> > I am using Mandrake 9.0. Mandrake control center can not find this
> > card.
> > A pnpdump identified this card as a NCI1000. This is an old
> > 33.6kpbs/ISA.
> > This card can be set up as either PnP, or set to a specific IRQ.
> > Presently, I have it set up as PnP.
> > This is the only ISA card on my system.
> > I did an isapnp -c > /etc/isapnp.conf.
> > I now have the following line in /ect/isapnp.conf file:
> > (NAME "NCI1000/-1[0] {336ifxC Internal Modem }")
> > (ACT Y)
> > In my /etc/isapnp.gone.rpmnew file: irq's 3,4,7 are listed and not
> > commented out. irq's 5,12 are listed but commented out.
> > In my /proc/interrups file, the following irq's are listed:
> > 0,1,2,5,8,11,12,14,15.
> > I think irq 5 is used by pnp sound. I assume irq 6 is used by my
> > floppy.
> > Which would leave IRQs: 9,10, and 13?

> > Any help appreciated, thank you.

> Forget the Plug-n-pray, turn it off if you can, You can use irq 3 or 4 and
> disable the corresponding serial port in your BIOS.

by **Michal Frackowia** » Wed, 01 Jan 2003 20:27:58

ok, there is a part of log (in config I have DefaultDepth 32):

(--) Chipset Radeon RV250 If (R9000) found
---cut---
(II) fglrx(0): === [R200PreInit] === begin
---cut---
(**) fglrx(0): Depth 32, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
---cut---
(EE) fglrx(0): Weight given (000) is inconsistent with the depth (32)
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInitWeight failed
(EE) fglrx(0): R200PreInit failed
(II) fglrx(0): === [R200PreInit] === end
---cut---
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

by **Bob Marti** » Thu, 02 Jan 2003 09:07:00

> Thanks. I will set up manually. What else do I do? Do I need to do
> modconf? Or a setserial?

Been a while since I used an internal modem. As I recall if you use IRQ 3 or 4
all you need do is disable the corresponding serial port in BIOS so there is no
conflict, set the jumpers on the modem to match ttyS0 or ttyS1, whichever one
you decide to use. and that should be it, run minicom and see if it responds.
--

Bob Martin

by **Douglas Mayn** » Fri, 03 Jan 2003 01:08:13

>> I am using Mandrake 9.0. Mandrake control center can not find this
>> card.
>> A pnpdump identified this card as a NCI1000. This is an old

>> --snip--

>> Any help appreciated, thank you.

> Forget the Plug-n-pray, turn it off if you can, You can use irq 3 or 4
> and disable the corresponding serial port in your BIOS.

I disagree. But, let me say upfront, I am using RedHat 7.x- not Mandrake
9.0.

If you have already got this working, then you can forget this message.
But in general, I would recommend using PNP in cases like yours: a single
PNP capable ISA device with other PNP PCI devices. The way to do it is as
follows:
1. Set the card in question PNP.
2. Set your BIOS to non-PNP OS.
3. Set your BIOS to allocate resources automatically.
4. Remove files in /etc which reserve IRQ's and ports.
You don't have any non-pnp ISA devices which need to manually
reserve resources).

When most computers boot there is a table describing what devices have
been found by the motherboard (just before the OS loads). Your device
should be listed there.

I found the first half of the PNP-Howto very helpful. You should scan it
if you have time. If you will be changing hardware components in the
future, I would definitely recommend the PNP approach.

As an aside, _you know_ your modem may or may not work with Linux, right?

by **walterby** » Sat, 04 Jan 2003 07:13:19

Thanx for the advice.

I know my modem is a hayes-compatible hardware modem - not a
win-modem. They usually do work in linux, as I understand it.

> >> I am using Mandrake 9.0. Mandrake control center can not find this
> >> card.
> >> A pnpdump identified this card as a NCI1000. This is an old

> >> --snip--

> >> Any help appreciated, thank you.

> > Forget the Plug-n-pray, turn it off if you can, You can use irq 3 or 4
> > and disable the corresponding serial port in your BIOS.

> I disagree. But, let me say upfront, I am using RedHat 7.x- not Mandrake
> 9.0.

> If you have already got this working, then you can forget this message.
> But in general, I would recommend using PNP in cases like yours: a single
> PNP capable ISA device with other PNP PCI devices. The way to do it is as
> follows:
> 1. Set the card in question PNP.
> 2. Set your BIOS to non-PNP OS.
> 3. Set your BIOS to allocate resources automatically.
> 4. Remove files in /etc which reserve IRQ's and ports.
> You don't have any non-pnp ISA devices which need to manually
> reserve resources).

> When most computers boot there is a table describing what devices have
> been found by the motherboard (just before the OS loads). Your device
> should be listed there.

> I found the first half of the PNP-Howto very helpful. You should scan it
> if you have time. If you will be changing hardware components in the
> future, I would definitely recommend the PNP approach.

> As an aside, _you know_ your modem may or may not work with Linux, right?

by **walterby** » Sun, 05 Jan 2003 08:02:05

I, sort of, have it working. Thanks for all the help. Here is what I
did:

1) decided to rebuild the system for this, and other, reasons.
2) configure a usrobotics sportster 56K for comm1, irq4.
3) before installing mandrake: disabled serial port comm1 in the bios.
4) mandrake 9.0 found the modem, and installed it correctly - I think.

I think I have the hardware part completed okay. But, I am still not
out of the woods. Since the problems I have now don't seem to be
hardware related. I will only mention them here briefly:

1) When this modem was in an NT box, I always got a connection speed
of 57K. But with linix my connection speed is a dissapointing 31200.

2) When I try to browse, by going in Konqueror, and setting the URL to
www.yahoo.com, I get:

----------------
"an error occured while loading http://www.yahoo.com"

"Unknown host www.yahoo.com"
---------------

by **Bob Marti** » Mon, 06 Jan 2003 06:46:11

> 1) When this modem was in an NT box, I always got a connection speed
> of 57K. But with linix my connection speed is a dissapointing 31200.

> 2) When I try to browse, by going in Konqueror, and setting the URL to
> www.yahoo.com, I get:

> ----------------
> "an error occured while loading http://www.yahoo.com"

> "Unknown host www.yahoo.com"
> ---------------

You are now trying to configure your ISP connection, completely
different issue than setting up your modem. I awlays new windoze was a
liar, 57K is impossible. The fastest you can get is a little over 52k,
this a limitation of the telephone hardware and regulations. What
wintendoze reports is the interface speed not the connection speed.
There are sites out there where you can test your actual speed at.

You don't have DNS configured or your default route is not set.
--

Bob Martin

by **walterby** » Mon, 06 Jan 2003 22:46:19

Thanks. I am working on dns set up.

Frankly, I have to wonder about "connection" speed. About the best
download I speed I ever get is 3.6Kbps, and 2.5Kpbs is more common.
Makes me wonder: what is the use of 56Kbps modem, when I can't
download at 1/20th of that?

> > 1) When this modem was in an NT box, I always got a connection speed
> > of 57K. But with linix my connection speed is a dissapointing 31200.

> > 2) When I try to browse, by going in Konqueror, and setting the URL to
> > www.yahoo.com, I get:

> > ----------------
> > "an error occured while loading http://www.yahoo.com"

> > "Unknown host www.yahoo.com"
> > ---------------

> You are now trying to configure your ISP connection, completely
> different issue than setting up your modem. I awlays new windoze was a
> liar, 57K is impossible. The fastest you can get is a little over 52k,
> this a limitation of the telephone hardware and regulations. What
> wintendoze reports is the interface speed not the connection speed.
> There are sites out there where you can test your actual speed at.

> You don't have DNS configured or your default route is not set.

by **walterby** » Sat, 11 Jan 2003 23:49:29

Thanks. I got my DNS configured, and I am using that connection right
now.

Also, I have tested my modem speed. My download speed is just as fast
with my Linux 31200 connection as it was with my windows "so called"
57,600 connection.
----------------------------------

> > 1) When this modem was in an NT box, I always got a connection speed
> > of 57K. But with linix my connection speed is a dissapointing 31200.

> > 2) When I try to browse, by going in Konqueror, and setting the URL to
> > www.yahoo.com, I get:

> > ----------------
> > "an error occured while loading http://www.yahoo.com"

> > "Unknown host www.yahoo.com"
> > ---------------

> You are now trying to configure your ISP connection, completely
> different issue than setting up your modem. I awlays new windoze was a
> liar, 57K is impossible. The fastest you can get is a little over 52k,
> this a limitation of the telephone hardware and regulations. What
> wintendoze reports is the interface speed not the connection speed.
> There are sites out there where you can test your actual speed at.

> You don't have DNS configured or your default route is not set.

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