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Where Do I get newer Linux Modem Drivers???
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The Leopard is a non-starter. You can only run that one under Windows :-(<br>
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I've never heard of the Packard Bell, or indeed any modem/soundcard combo card before. Is it a plug-and-pray card? If so you might be able to get some useful info on it using pnptools. If they can see it
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One possible solution, if it's a PCI card, might be in you PC BIOS. Some BIOS' have a "PCI Steering" option. It allows the motherboard to allocate IRQs to PCI devices. A cloudy memory even suggests that it does this on the fly, which might be confusing Linux. Might be worth enabling/disabling this to see if it makes a difference.<br>
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Just had another thought. If the card is a soundcard/modem combo card, it might be a Winmodem. It's possible that the card has a DSP chip which is controlled through software to generate sounds, or modem noise.<br>
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HTH.
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I've never heard of the Packard Bell, or indeed any modem/soundcard combo card before. Is it a plug-and-pray card? If so you might be able to get some useful info on it using pnptools. If they can see it
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One possible solution, if it's a PCI card, might be in you PC BIOS. Some BIOS' have a "PCI Steering" option. It allows the motherboard to allocate IRQs to PCI devices. A cloudy memory even suggests that it does this on the fly, which might be confusing Linux. Might be worth enabling/disabling this to see if it makes a difference.<br>
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Just had another thought. If the card is a soundcard/modem combo card, it might be a Winmodem. It's possible that the card has a DSP chip which is controlled through software to generate sounds, or modem noise.<br>
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HTH.
AndyBo,<br>
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Packard Bell is famous for packaging their systems with these combo-cards. Then if one or the other fails, you are better off replacing it with a modem and sound card cause the disable feature is a nightmare and causes more problems. Another reason to never. _never_ buy a Packard Bell. No offense robherc, but these type of vendors are famous for packaging their systems with either cheap (cheaply made, I mean) or proprietary (see note above) components.<br>
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war...<br>
robherc, this board is littered with the bodies of dead winmodems. I have posted a problem and several phone calls with viking on this board. It makes a good read.
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Packard Bell is famous for packaging their systems with these combo-cards. Then if one or the other fails, you are better off replacing it with a modem and sound card cause the disable feature is a nightmare and causes more problems. Another reason to never. _never_ buy a Packard Bell. No offense robherc, but these type of vendors are famous for packaging their systems with either cheap (cheaply made, I mean) or proprietary (see note above) components.<br>
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war...<br>
robherc, this board is littered with the bodies of dead winmodems. I have posted a problem and several phone calls with viking on this board. It makes a good read.
war - I've got to admit, I've never been close enough to a Packard Bell to find out. Something always makes me run away when I see one :^)<br>
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robherc - It sounds like it's the card, then. See if you can get hold of (buy/borrow/steal) an external modem, even if it's only 2400baud, to check that you can talk to a modem. You should find that you can, and might want to start thinking about getting hold of a new modem. My personal preference is for external modems. They tend to come with lots (or at least a coupl) of status lights on the front so you can see what is happening, and whether the modem is actually receiving any data.
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robherc - It sounds like it's the card, then. See if you can get hold of (buy/borrow/steal) an external modem, even if it's only 2400baud, to check that you can talk to a modem. You should find that you can, and might want to start thinking about getting hold of a new modem. My personal preference is for external modems. They tend to come with lots (or at least a coupl) of status lights on the front so you can see what is happening, and whether the modem is actually receiving any data.
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