Hi, Thanks for the replies. I was already using the latest driver (July 4th/09). I'll try your tips and do a few tests, then report back. An IRQ issue seems logical, considering other problems I've had. Best, Bjorn. --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Philippe Vouters <Philippe.Vouters@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Philippe Vouters <Philippe.Vouters@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: 536ep Slow to respond, openSuSE 11.1 > To: "Bjorn Wielens" <Uniacke1@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Antonio Olivares" <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx>, "Linmodems" <discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Received: Monday, July 6, 2009, 4:22 AM > Dear Bjorn, > > I know of three magic commands which entirely fitted my > case and which > may eventually apply to yours : > $ lscpi -vvv | grep IRQ > $ sudo cat /proc/interrupts > $ dmesg | grep IRQ > Do you eventually notice IRQ conflicts ? > > To forward support you, would be please be so kind as to > download the > latest 536EP/537EP driver and efax.zip from my Web site > (URL below) ? > Carefully read the Intel-Readme.html. > With efax you have to: > $ unzip -aa efax > $ cd efax > $ make -f Makefile.orig > and you run the just built efax with ./efax > > Yours sincerely, > - > http://vouters.dyndns.org:8080/ > Philippe Vouters (Fontainebleau/France) > > > Le dimanche 05 juillet 2009 à 20:41 -0300, Bjorn Wielens a > écrit : > > I have an Intel 536EP modem that I'm trying to get > working. > > The drivers load, and work fine, but the modem is > behaving strangely- it > > is very slow to respond to commands. For example, when > using wvdial, it > > will 'hang' at 'Sending ATZ' for a good 5 seconds > before continuing on. > > It will then proceed to dial, but there will be other > problems, such as > > refusing to disconnect, and the modem then being > unable to dial out > > anymore for that boot. > > > > While the modem does work partially, wvdial does not > detect it. > > I also cannot find any sort of errors in the dmesg > output. > > > > As a result, vgetty does not work either, giving a > 'timeout while > > reading char from modem'. > > I would really like to get the voice function going- > lately we've been > > swamped with fake credit card telemarketing scams... I > thought I'd have > > the modem play the 'disconnected line' tone when the > telemarketers call. > > > > Thougts/help appreciated. > > > > Bjorn. > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php
