toshiba tecra 8000 and lucent modem

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Sat, 10 May 2003 03:01, Bernie Doehner wrote:
> I have a Tecra 8100 (which I understand is quite similar to the 8000), that
> I have been fighting with to get the internal modem working.
>
> Running 4.6.2-RELEASE.  First I tried version 1.4_3 of the ltmdm port and
> nothing happened when I ran the installed /usr/local/etc/ltmdm.sh start
> script.
>
> I then updated to 1.4_5, from the ports collection that comes with
> 4.8-RELEASE, but haven't upgraded the OS on the laptop yet, and still
> NOTHING.
>
> I found the BIOS setup on this laptop rather confusing and lacking in
> detail. Any recommendations on settings for "Configure Devices by OS" vs.
> Configure All Devices"?  Settings for COM1, settings for internal modem
> (what's the secondary IRQ used for????), such as to improve the chances of
> ltmdm working?
>
> What is the version of the port that should work with 4.6.2-RELEASE and
> 4.8-RELEASE?

I should work with both versions.
Are you sure you have a Lucent Winmodem in that laptop?

If you run the script and no kernel messages appear it's because the device 
driver couldn't find a suitable card to attach to.

pciconf -v -l would be useful to see.

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