Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:59:14 +1030 From: Marc Dodsworth <marcd@tpg.com.au> To: "Chris Dahler" <chris.dahler@gte.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial Ports Problem Message-ID: <99112115054100.00382@zen.dodsworth.org> In-Reply-To: <001801bf33d8$de624d40$46941a3f@laptop> References: <001801bf33d8$de624d40$46941a3f@laptop>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi, A lot of of the time with PCCARD modems and winmodems, they are recognised by the software as comports rather than being physical com ports (i,e ones built on the motherboard or through and external card) It maybe that somehow FreeBSD is detecting the Winmodem (but that does not mean that it will work with FreeBSD). Have you tried booting with a PCCARD enabled kernel to see what that comes back with in relation to your PCCARD modem? As with a lot of things these days, just becuase it works with windoze doesn't count for much in real word (especially those abominations called winmodems) Marc > This problem is completely baffling to me. Why would FreeBSD report > initially that sio2 is not found, and then change its mind later on in the > boot? Why would it be able to detect this port at all only sometimes? My > computer seems like it should be a fairly plain-vanilla construction rather > than some weird off-the-wall mix of odd peripherals that was put together in > someone's garage... has anyone encountered this problem before? > > Chris Dahler > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?99112115054100.00382>