Slack 9 problems!!!

[Thomas D. Ward]

Ok, I have an internal isa modem. The problem is dmesg shows a really fishy
message.
It says /dev/ttyS1 LSR safety engaged. What in the world is that suppose to
mean? I've never seen a message like that before in my life.


----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Myrow <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: Slack 9 problems!!!


> Yes, Redhat is very automated when it comes to detecting hardware and
> loading it up.  This process also added about 10 seconds to the startup
> time for me.  It's good and bad.  Going from Redhat to Slackware is a
> great way to discover how vastly different two Linux distributions can be.
> Slackware is very much a distribution for somebody who wants to learn how
> to set up things manually and how things actually work.  I've found that
> most Slackware users detest Redhat and vise versa.  They are, IMHO, really
> designed for different types of people.  I am the type who likes to
> tinker, so Slackware appeals to me.
>
> What sort of modem do you have?  Is it PCI or ISA?  If it's ISA, you may
> need to run a Plug 'N Play utility to get it working.  You may also need
> setserial to configure it.  You can edit /etc/serial.conf to give the
> right parameters to set serial, and then remove the "#" in front of the
> line in /etc/rc.d/rc.S to call on the rc.serial script.  It is disabled
> by default because I guess it can hang the computer if it tries to
> configure a nonexistent port.  The scripts in the /etc/rc.d directory
> are good to look at because they explain fairly well what they are
> doing.  /etc/rc.d/rc.local is a good place for customized stuff like
> setting up Speakup the way you like it.
>
> For ISA Plug 'n Play, there is a kernel module called isa-pnp.  Try
> running "modprobe isa-pnp" by hand and type dmesg and read the last few
> lines to see if it found and configured anything.  If it did, add a
> "/sbin/modprobe isa-pnp" to the bottom of /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.  For the
> network, run netconfig.  It lets you choose either DHCP or static IP.
>
>
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