Problems with modems FIXED (I think)

[Peter Anderson]

Robert,

Hi!

This is being sent from RH8.0 on my PC.

I don't know what's happened but I'll give your the sequence.

I re-checked the 'hdparms' with your revised command and they seemed to 
be Ok.
I applied the settings you sent anyway.
I was already working on the strategy to try and get the two modems 
working with Win98 first
Today I changed the Hayes modem for the Maestro (Executive 288FM) on 
Windows and it worked for 20 mins using 'ATZ' as an init string.
Re-booted into Linux tonight and bugger me, RH recognised an attached 
'generic modem' something it has never done.
I made sure the init string was 'ATZ' and logged on.
I have been here for 26 minutes and 30 seconds - a world record.

I hope I'm not jumping the gun, but it seems to be working.

I hate these problems that seem to fix themselves.  Do you think your 
commands would have been the trick?

Fingers crossed.

This just shows how valuable these discussion groups are especially for 
someone just starting.

Thank you again for all your help, I think I was ready to give Linux the 
flick.  That would be a shame, because I really like it.  Much better 
than Windows XP.

Regards,
Peter

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