[hcflinux] modem not connecting

[George Bell]

patrick reen wrote:

> Still no luck - modem is not isted in hardware browser - In minicom 
> default serial port is

Stop there!  If the modem is not recognized by the kernel, and doesn't 
show up anywhere(i.e. hardware browser, boot messages, /proc/pci), then 
you aren't even on square one.  Time to bring out the big guns.  If you 
have extra pci slots, try swapping out to another slot.  If not, then 
try swapping cards.  If that doesn't work, then play with your bios 
settings.   Keep doing this until it shows up.   B.T.W. what is the 
manufacturer of your modem?

> set at S1 - should I change that and if so to what?

It wouldn't matter what it is if the kernel does not recognize the 
modem.  But if you do get this far minicom should be set to 
/dev/ttySHCF0. Start minicom first by typing "minicom -s" at the command 
line.  Go to serial port setup and change serial device to /dev/ttySHCF0 
or create a symbolic link to /dev/ttySHCF0 in /dev/modem.  

> - In hcfpciconfig modem is seen as 14F1   1036      and finds driver 
> "your hcf modem should now be accessible  as /dev/ttySHCF0 or through 
> the symbolic link /dev/modem - Up to here I think I'm ok - then 
> instructions say "please review the permissions...etc" - When I do 
> this I don't know what I should see in the terminal [?]  Then I go to 
> Internet Conf Wiz [Gnome] and select device type - modem and I get "no 
> modem was found on your system"  even if I get the network 
> "activated"  it never connects. When I try mozilla I get immediiate 
> message site was not found    - I suspect driver installed ok but 
> computer is not seeing my modem - Don't know what to do.
>
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