From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.48]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 191qax-0001sK-00 for ; Sat, 05 Apr 2003 11:32:44 -0500 Received: from 0-1pool133-10.nas4.cleveland1.oh.us.da.qwest.net ([65.150.133.10] helo=tward1978) by mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 191qau-0000cS-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 05 Apr 2003 08:32:40 -0800 Message-ID: <003501c2fb91$04041000$0a859641@tward1978> From: "Thomas D. Ward" To: References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030405102215.00aeae40@mail.shawcable.com> Subject: Re: Slack 9 problems!!! Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 11:32:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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 To: 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup