Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 01:02:24 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Rick Knebel <rknebel@uplink.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: PCI card conflict [Was: User PPP again] Message-ID: <19990920010224.C361@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19990919200224.A897@rknebel.uplink.net>; from Rick Knebel on Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 08:02:24PM -0400 References: <19990919184535.A870@rknebel.uplink.net> <19990920003127.A361@marder-1> <19990919200224.A897@rknebel.uplink.net>
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On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 08:02:24PM -0400, Rick Knebel wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 12:31:28AM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 06:45:35PM -0400, Rick Knebel wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I just wrote in about being frustrated with tring to get my modem to dial. > > > I went into the kernal and activated com3 (sio2) and gave it an irq of 4 > > > just like in Linux. > > > When it boots it says it cannot activate the device because it conflicts > > > with sio0 which also has an irq of 4. > > > > > > In Linux the bootup looks like this > > > > > > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > > > ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > > > ttyS02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > > > > > > What else can I do? > > > > > > > You never said if your modem is PnP? I guess it's internal if it's COM3. > > > > When you say "I went into the kernal and activated com3 (sio2)" do > > you mean ``boot -c'' or edited the config file and rebuilt the > > kernel? > > > > My modem (internal PnP) uses sio2 (COM3) on IRQ 9. If you did > > ``boot -c'' then delete the entry for sio2 in /boot/boot.conf and > > see if it will pick it's own IRQ. > > > > Failing that, either disable or change the IRQ for sio0. > Actually that is exactly what I did . I disabled sio 0 and everything > seems to work. > Now for my second problem it seems that both my ethernet card and scsi > card, both of which are pci what irq 9. I cnnot do ppp alias because my > ethernet card cannot be reached. > > Any idea how to handle this? > Do either of the cards have a DOS utility for changing the default settings? My 3Com 3C900 does and ISTR from these lists that many other ethernet cards do too. That is probably the way to solve it (I've never had a PCI card conflict so can't give you any first hand advice). > Bye the way thanks alot for your reply. > You're welcome > Rick > > > > > > HTH > > > > > Thanks > > > Rick > > > > > > -- > > > Rick Knebel > > > rknebel@uplink.net > > > http://rknebel.uplink.net/~rknebel > > > http://rknebel.uplink.net > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. > > OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. > > ________________________________________________________________ > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > > > -- > Rick Knebel > rknebel@uplink.net > http://rknebel.uplink.net/~rknebel > http://rknebel.uplink.net -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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