I have the same problem and many have said that the OS  should detect my
modem (didn't). Your "dmesg" output is incomplete and it is possible
that you haven't found the proper culprit. I looked in all (I thought
:))
proper lines to find nothing of value.

Someone else had to show me the telltale line:

"(miscellaneous communication) at pci0 dev 10 function 0 not configured"

This seems to be the likely key because I am using a PCI modem card.

So, with some help, I have been working on a kernel patch and will
likely have to recompile the kernel to bring the modem online. 

If you have not done so, please check the entire "dmesg" output for
a similar line. After that I don't know. 

Good luck,

Bill Hudspeth






Tomas T. Peiser, CET wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, John Hawkinson wrote:
> 
> > | I upgraded two machines on Friday from 1.3.3 to 1.4.2 and since then I
> > | have been unable to use the modems that are connected on tty01 (one
> > | machine is internal, the other external). The ttys and remote file are the
> >
> > Please include the output of "dmesg"...
> >
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
> pci0: i/o enabled, memory enabled
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
> pchb0: VIA Technologies VT82C598 (Apollo MVP3) Host-PCI (rev. 0x04)
> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: VIA Technologies VT82C598 (Apollo
> MVP3) PCI-AGP (
> rev. 0x00)
> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> <snip drives>
> com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
> com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
> 
> > Also, what exactly does "unable to use" mean, and what commands are you
> > running? Have you tried using /dev/dty01, the dial-out device?
> >
> Dead in the water? ;-) I tried "tip modem" and got a "link failure" and
> when I tried cu -l /dev/tty01, I got "cu: write: Input/output error". The
> setting from the remote file are:
> modem:dv=/dev/tty01:br#9600:pa=none:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Tomas T. Peiser, CET  / No, I am not cynical,
>                      /  I am a sysadmin.
> http://bofh.nb.ca   / - conversation with D. Maxwell
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