Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:24:15 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modem woes Message-ID: <199709191024.LAA24959@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:01:27 EDT." <Pine.GSO.3.96.970918075445.12692A-100000@echonyc.com>
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> I'm not sure if this is a FreeBSD issue or a hardware issue, but I have
> been having mysterious problems with my internal USR Sportster 28.8.
>
> The modem takes commands ok -- in ppp or minicom I can type "atdt" and I
> hear a dial tone, it dials and even hardware handshakes. But it won't
> talk to me! Not a peep, not one little "OK" or "CONNECT 21600".
>
> In ppp, a "show modem" is normal unless I have gone into terminal mode.
> Then I get this extra message:
>
> outq: ioctl probe failed: Interrupted system call
>
> I tried swapping out my modem for a known-working similar model (which I'm
> logged in on right now). I also tried putting it in a different ISA slot.
> No effect from either.
>
> I had a power loss the other day and I suspect my FS may've gotten
> corrupted. At first, when I thought this was a ppp problem, I tried to
> recompile it and couldn't. (Damn, I didn't write down the errors, and as
> I've only one monitor for the two machines at the moment, I'd rather not
> go duplicate the problem.)
>
> Minicom has the same behavior as ppp: I can talk to the modem fine but it
> won't talk to me.
>
> Any ideas? TIA.
I would say that either your modem/UART has lost its IRQ, or it's
been "spiked" :-(
It's a bit strange if you can type "AT" and see "OK", but don't get
to see the CONNECT after a handshake. But then, you already know
that :-)
> Ben
>
> "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
>
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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