Problems with modems

[Peter Anderson]

Robert,

Thanks again.

My PC is configured with the two hard drives (I thought the second drive was
the cheapest way to try Linux, rather than get a second PC).  So far, I have
not been able to mount the Win 98 drive under Red Hat (although it mounted
automatically under Lycorris which I thought was rather nice).

I have used my two external modems with Win 98 (this computer using 'hda')
with no problems.  I have also disconnected any other phone connection in
the house and have tried a myriad of modem initialisation strings as
recommended on web sites I have found.  This all reminds me of Commodore 64
and PC-DOS days, I thought the world had moved on a bit - its very
frustrating as I quite like the look of Red Hat and Mandrake.

Someone advised to log a connect session and post the log.  I am going to do
that this afternoon and see what that brings.

Again, thanks very much for your help to date.

Regards,
Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert [mailto:robert at apex.net.au]
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:22 AM
To: Peter Anderson
Cc: Canberra Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: Problems with modems


Whoops, I misremembered the command.

You just want hdparm /dev/hda not hdparm -i /dev/hda.

...

Most causes of modem problems are either external to the computer ie
phone line issues or modem issues. Or are repeatable and regular. Not at
a random time.

I presume that when you say you don't have any problems under Win98, you
mean on that computer, with that modem and phone line.