Andrew,
The problem with the "serial" driver is that it is included into the
kernel and automicatically scans the PCI bus. It can't be blacklisted
unless rebuilding a kernel. This driver interferes with the 537ep modem
hence it likely displaying a NO DIALTONE.
By the way did you boot the Ubuntu Rescue CD and could delete
/etc/init.d/537_boot ????
Yours truly,
Philippe Vouters (Fontainebleau/France)
URL: http://vouters.dyndns.org/
SIP: sip:Vouters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Le 04/07/2012 04:41, Andrew Merczynski-Hait a écrit :
I'm really sorry for all this trouble.
My computer went off a few times today, did you reboot it? Right now though
it's on, but even though I appear to be connected to the internet, web pages
are not displaying---Therefore you probably wouldn't be able to SSH. I will
have to deal with this my tomorrow... I really don't know what this problem
is. I already tried rebooting. (actually I came to the computer and it was
prompting for the BIOS password, making me think you rebooted.)
Update: As I am typing this my system halted, and displayed a long, long
error message. The first line says: BUG: Unable to handle kernel NULL
pointer dereference at 00000004.
Later I see: Modules linked in intel537...................
So the reboots were probably this error, not you.
Summary: Now I have a kernel error message, causing the computer to crash
repeatedly. I assume the modem is not working. You can't SSH anymore and it
seems the internet isn't working. <sarcasm> Hoorah! </sarcasm>.
I realize you are doing your best and appreciate your help/recommendations
regarding the modem, and this issue, presumably caused by the modem.
Thanks,
Happy American Independence day! :)
~Andrew
