Dear Bjorn, Read carefully this http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/lkn/lkn_pdf/ch09.pdf document. Setting appropriate kernel boot parameters may eventually help you workaround IRQ conflicts issues. Yours sincerely, - http://vouters.dyndns.org:8080/ Philippe Vouters (Fontainebleau/France) Le lundi 06 juillet 2009 à 03:14 -0700, Bjorn Wielens a écrit : > > 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 >
