[ltp] IBM PCMCIA Modem & 600E

[Jacqueline R. Cooper]

I have a 770Z and was experiencing a similar problem. In the end I did the
same as Dirk and excluded the I/O range and all was then well.

Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse O. Sanford" <jesse@columbia.edu>
To: <linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 5:23 AM
Subject: [ltp] IBM PCMCIA Modem & 600E


>
> Hi there.
>
> I don't mean to be one of those people on the list who never posts
> anything until they ask for help, but I guess that's what I'm doing.
> I apologize.
>
>
> I have a 600E 2645-4AU and I just recently bought a PCMCIA modem from IBM,
> their "56K Data/Fax Modem," 10L7394.
>
> When I insert it, regardless of when I insert it, which slot, etc., I
> get a high beep and a low beep and then
>
> serial_cs: RequestIO: No more items
>
> ...so I assumed that cardmgr thought I was out of interrupts.  but
> cat /proc/interrupts reveals only 0, 1, 2, 8, 12, 13 & 14 in use,
> and i've already got
>
> PCIC_OPTS='poll_interval=100'
>
> in /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia, and i've already booted into DOS and run
>
> PS2 SERA ENABLE
>
> and
>
> PS2 SERIAL ON
>
> as Thomas Hood [i believe] suggests on his web page, even though i don't
> know if this is really necessary, and I've even added an entry for the
> IBM modem to /etc/pcmcia/config.
>
> Each time I insert the card the following entry shows up in
> /var/log/messages:
>
> initializing socket 1
> socket 1: IBM V.90 PC Card Modem with XJACK
> module /lib/modeules/2.2.12-20/misc/serial.o not available
> executing: 'insmod /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/pcmcia/serial_cs.o'
> kernel: serial_cs: RequestIO: No more items
> get dev info on socket 1 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
> shutton down socket 1
> executing: 'rmmod serial_cs'
> executing: 'rmmod serial'
> + rmmod: module serial not loaded
>
> oh, and it's redhat 6.1
>
> i guess i have two questions:
>
> 1.  does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> and
>
> 2.  could the 10L7394 be a WinModem or something else
>     that won't work?  do we have a way of finding this
>     out from IBM?
>
>
> i really appreciate any help or comments you may have.  thanks!
>
> --
> Jesse Sanford <jesse@columbia.edu>
> http://www.columbia.edu/~jesse
> A tree.  The side of a road.  Evening.
>
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