[hcflinux] Fw: Continuously dropping connections

[George Bell]

What application are you using the modem with?  Minicom?  Kppp?  It 
sounds to me like not much to do with the driver, and everything to do 
with configurations that might have been lost when you changed the 
kernel.  Things like the modem initializations string, connection 
time-out parameters, and so on.  Some of these are in a configuration 
file in minicom contained in the /etc directory.  

Also check boot up messages about the serial port, and setserial.

Geoff Lane wrote:

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>   Linux Mandrake V9
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>   I am relatively new to Linux and recently loaded the
>   hcfpcimodem-0.98mbsibeta02110300k2.4.19_16mdk-1mdk.i586.rpm driver.
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>   Worked faultlessly and appeared faster than the same modem under
> Windows98.
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>   I had to reload Linux after a disk geometry problem and loaded the later
>   hcfpcimodem-0.99mbsibeta02123100k2.4.19_16mdk-1mdk.i586.rpm driver.
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>   This ** may ** have been coincidental but after loading I was
>continuously
>   getting dropped lines after a few minutes.
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>   It would connect, start to download data then stop - then I'd get the
>  message
>   that the connection had dropped.
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>   I tried three different ISPs and all the same.
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>   Uninstalled the later driver and reloaded the earlier 0.98 version and
>all
>  and although better I am still getting dropped connections on a regular
> basis.
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> Is there a setting I am missing as the same modem is working OK via
>Windows.
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>   Anyone else had a similar problem?
>
> Geoff Lane
> Welwyn Hatfield Computer Club
> www.whcc.co.uk
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