You are saying that prior to Puppy 2.17, the modem worked properly?
Yes.
When you run your tests. Is the version of Puppy that you are running a fresh new install, or a an upgrade
from a previous version of Puppy?
Always fresh .I have a small HDD that I use just for testing (the main one is disconnected ofcourse).
Usually the first question to ask oneself, when something that was working stops working --is; "What changed?"
I guess you have already been through that.
Oh yes ,I have been through that not to mention asking and searching all over the web.I have a special interest in
modems even back in the days of M$ setting up modems on dos and win 3.1 was my hobby ,back when modems reached
whopping speed of 9600Bps no pnp and you try different settings for jumpers,I miss them BBS days ^_^ lol
Have you used some of these versions of Puppy on other computers and gotten the dial up to work?
Preferably with the same ISP?
yes,even borrowed external modems \pcmcia modems and gone through the bios trying different options,only with IBM
that seems to have a modem problem with any puppy version later than 2.16 no matter what modem it is.that is why
I hope any users around that have Thinkpad to post if they have any dial up problems.
Have you gotten any other Linux distro working with this notebook? I am guessing the modem in this
notebook once worked.Maybe even in, gag, Windows.
Yes ,way too many distros to post here.first I thought its my ISP and for some reason my friends trust me and gave me
their account info to test all diffrent authentication protocls even tried penngy .then I thought it was the kernel but it turned out its not as Mr Barry kindly put together a package for ltmodem when asked for his help in getting
ltmodem to work in wolvix and it did perfectly although it uses the same kernel version as PL3 even tried the retro but
same problem.
so it must be something else???!!!Don't laugh guys but I think its something to do with the new method Barry used in init..
.either that or its that Acer laptop that Mr.Barry started to use as his work station,don't you guys notice that too many
bugs since 2.17?...ok you can laugh now but not all @once....LOL
Probably does not matter. However. It is nice to know something more about the other hardware on the
laptop. Like how much RAM? Are you using a swap file?
Everything else in Puppy seem to be working? What kind of Video card are you using? Are you using Xorg with that?
it doesn't matter (video card \Ram \swap file \Xorg )not having a problem with display.
I know that Barry has fixed some things in Puppy 3.0 that has to do with Modems. Also there are some other
buttons on PupDial that can be set in different ways. Like Carrier Detect.
tried all what Mr.Barry posted here in response to other users or what he asked to try that was posted on the
his blog.still didn't fix it.only in PL3 that disabling quick boot made puppy detect a diffrent modem as I mentioned above
and that made it work?!
When I first start the PupDial and configure it. Before I can get a successful dial out I must hit the button
"Probe." Then the Pup Dial changes the speed shown in the PupDial.
Please tell us the exact order of events when you try to dial out. What you see? Does it appear to even try to
dial? Well. Even better. PupDial produces a log of what it thinks happened.
Can you copy that out and post it it here?
tried all availabe options \methods still it made my TP A22e hangs.
sorry can't post logs,me paranoid
and worry I might post something I shouldn't of.
I bet you know this already. Usually when I see the words Agere/Lucent I seem to remember threads
that this is a soft modem for which there are Linux drivers. One driver, which is very slow that is free.
Then someone sells a driver for more standard speeds with Lucent Modems. The other note I recall is the PCM
modems work in Linux with a standard driver.?????? I dunno. I do not use your hardware.
yes, I know.before making puppy linux my one and only linux I used vector linux which i had to
pay to unlock the limitation on the modem speed.
The other option to try. If you are working with Puppy 3.0. and these other things did not help. I might try to
reduce the speed listed in Pup Dial. (Then of course to hit the button "Probe" which
I hope writes the new value to the file. In my case. Close down PupDial and then restart it. See what the
value is set at.) It is my understanding. That PupDial is a GUI front end for WvDial.
The last time I looked a file that gave the commands to WvDial there was a note saying not to directly edit
the file. Meaning use one of the GUI front ends and let it modify the command file for WvDial.
I read 2 or 3 (not sure) topics related to winmodems problems on 2.17 \2.20 \3.00 and as they all mentioned
its not just pupdial it hangs when trying to use any other dial up program,
The problem as I mentioned Isn't
etting the modem to dial or has any thing to do with speed IT dials then the computer goes into total lock down...LOL
Your efforts to try different options is a good idea. I applaud you on being willing to make the effort.
If you can identify the problem, and it is in Puppy, I feel sure Barry will fix it for the next release of
Puppy.
Thank you very much for your kind words and encouragement, linux brought back excietment in using my computer
after years of being treated like an idiot by M$ (we the users are too stupid or don't need to know
how things works all what we can do is click on some fancy icon or watch a fancy boot screen and have no idea
what goes behind it )that is why I scratch my head when I see way too many posts about splash screen
or fancy desktop,not to mention the new wave of topics of games and watching movies and stuff like that?! is
that what people use their computers for these days ????!!!! spending all that money on top notch pc
just ot use it as an entertainment device??????????!!!!!!