Use this page to discuss issues with modems and other serial devices. Before posting, be sure you've checked any relevant sections of the PCMCIA-HOWTO, such as: Particularly useful bits of information to post include your laptop's make and model; the type(s) of card(s) you are using; and, of course, any relevant system log messages.


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1. Question: wrong UART detected by Jaime V Miro, 1999, Nov 04
1. Is this the real problem? by David Hinds, 1999, Nov 04
2. Question: Multitech MT5634ZLX modem problems by Ray Muno, 1999, Nov 05
1. What have you tried, exactly? by David Hinds, 1999, Nov 05
3. Question: O2Micro OZ6836/OZ6860 PCI-to-CardBus by Michael Larsen, 1999, Nov 18
1. I think this has already been fixed by David Hinds, 1999, Nov 23
4. Question: Request IO: No more items by Brian Mays, 1999, Nov 30
1. More info? by David Hinds, 1999, Dec 02
5. Question: OPTION GSM card under Linux by Bernhard Graf, 1999, Dec 06
1. Ok: OPTION GSM card works fine now ! by Bernhard Graf, 1999, Dec 08
6. Question: Quatech quad serial card by Jeff, 1999, Dec 09
1. Check your system log by David Hinds, 1999, Dec 09
7. Nokia Cardphone anyone by Madsen Wikholm, 1999, Dec 13
8. Question: MC221 COM One by Tobi Oetiker, 1999, Dec 15
1. Well then, just try it... by David Hinds, 1999, Dec 16
(_ Question: Lucent = wavelan? by Armin Obersteiner, 2000, Jan 18
(_ Sorry... by David Hinds, 2000, Jan 18
9. Sad: register_serial(): autoconfig failed (Inet Spider II card -- 16550 CDPD modem) by Scott Petrack, 1999, Dec 24
1. Note: Oops, forgot cardctl -V and uname -rv by Scott Petrack, 1999, Dec 24
(_ More: compiled kernel-cs with pc_debug: "odd IO request" by Scott Petrack, 1999, Dec 27
1. More: Could the problem be with the "lines=0" in the dump_cis output? by Scott Petrack, 1999, Dec 27
2. Re: More: compiled kernel-cs with pc_debug: "odd IO request" by David Hinds, 1999, Dec 27
... 3 Message(s)
10. Question: modem doesn't work until setserial irq 0 -- but works after by John Ruttenberg, 1999, Dec 29
1. Kernel bug, workaround in 3.1.10 by David Hinds, 2000, Feb 04
11. Question: modem dead? by Richard Sevenich, 2000, Jan 03
1. Hard to tell without more testing by David Hinds, 2000, Jan 03
12. Sad: Modem of Xircom multifunction stalls at reproducible point by Jon Sundquist, 2000, Jan 13
13. Sad: Modem doesn't work with versions 3.1.4 or later. by Dave Caswell, 2000, Jan 14
1. Ok: change in config.opts makes modem work again by Dave Caswell, 2000, Jan 15
14. Question: serial_cs device not found & null pointer by Mario Rossi, 2000, Jan 18
15. Question: MultiTech MT5634ZLX by Aaron Kaplan, 2000, Jan 19
1. Interrupt conflict? by David Hinds, 2000, Jan 19
1. Re: Interrupt conflict? by Aaron Kaplan, 2000, Jan 20
... 1 Message(s)
2. Ok: A fix will be in the next 3.1.9 beta by David Hinds, 2000, Jan 25
16. Sad: Sierra Wireless Modem by Roy Murphy, 2000, Jan 25
1. It's an IO port issue by David Hinds, 2000, Jan 25
17. Very strange situation - difficult to find a good title! by Alessandro Russo, 2000, Feb 03
1. At least the first part is fixed in 3.1.10 by David Hinds, 2000, Feb 03
18. Question: serial modem on Inspiron 3500 by Dirk Arnold, 2000, Jan 03
19. Question: Trouble with FM560CB modem card by Martin Buck, 2000, Feb 22
1. Maybe a resource conflict by David Hinds, 2000, Feb 22
1. Sad: Don't think so by Martin Buck, 2000, Feb 23
2. More info by Martin Buck, 2000, Feb 24
... 3 Message(s)
20. Sad: CIS parse errors on Lucent modem by Mark Neil, 2000, Mar 02
1. The CIS problem is not really important by David Hinds, 2000, Mar 02
21. Question: How to configure Com1 V.90 MC221 Discovery on Sony Vaio F305 ? by Axel Stockburger, 2000, Jan 31
1. Neither card is supported by David Hinds, 2000, Jan 31
22. Modem only works with irq 0 by Bennett Link, 2000, Feb 03
1. There is a workaround in the 3.1.10 driver package by David Hinds, 2000, Feb 03
23. Question: Modem IO error by Pawel Konieczny, 2000, Apr 16
1. Fixed in 3.1.14 by David Hinds, 2000, Apr 19
(_ Ok: It is, indeed! by Pawel Konieczny, 2000, Apr 25
24. Question: Hawking pcmcia installation trouble by ed bailey, 2000, Apr 21
1. register_serial(): autoconfig failed by David Hinds, 2000, Apr 21
2. Sad: Probably a WinModem by David Hinds, 2000, Apr 21
25. Question: error parsing CIS (Hamlet modem) by Aram Gurekian, 2000, May 18
1. The CIS error is harmless, not the problem by David Hinds, 2000, May 23
26. Question: Nokia CardPhone 1.0 Problem by Michael D., 2000, May 18
1. There is a specific Nokia driver for linux by David Hinds, 2000, May 18
(_ Yes but it`s for pcmcia 2.9.12... by Michael D., 2000, May 19
(_ Re: Yes but it`s for pcmcia 2.9.12... by David Hinds, 2000, May 19
27. Question: modem looks like it is working but I cannot communicate with it by Randy Smith, 2000, May 19
1. A bug; fixed in the 19-May-00 beta drivers by David Hinds, 2000, May 19
(_ More: That fixed the modem by Randy Smith, 2000, May 19
28. Question: Kingmax PCMCIA modem by Grady Luffman, 2000, May 26
1. Note: solved by Grady Luffman, 2000, May 26
29. Question: PCMCIA modem unresponsive by Johan Mellberg, 2000, May 17
30. Question: socketcom serial adaptor with ricochet modem by Cengiz Alaettinoglu, 2000, May 31
1. It's strange that the connection starts up ok by David Hinds, 2000, Jun 01
(_ Ok: "setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart 16550A" did the trick by Cengiz Alaettinoglu, 2000, Jun 01
31. Sad: EtherFast 10/100 + 56k problem by David Arnold, 2000, Jun 13
1. You may have to live with it for now by David Hinds, 2000, Jun 14
(_ Feedback: Semi-workaround by David Arnold, 2000, Jun 14
32. Question: Configuring Quatech serial ports for specific devices by Jaime V Miro, 2000, Jun 20
1. There are several options by David Hinds, 2000, Jun 20
33. Question: 3COM 3CXM756 PCMCIA modem not working by capkapak, 2000, Jun 25
1. This might be an IO port conflict by David Hinds, 2000, Jul 08
2. Question: same problem can you give me info ? by jean-raymond Chauviere, 2000, Aug 28
34. Question: Socket dual rs-232 pcmcia... rev 2.1 by john gwynne, 2000, Jun 26
1. It seems to be a new revision by David Hinds, 2000, Jul 11
(_ Feedback: Re: It seems to be a new revision by john gwynne, 2000, Jul 11
35. Question: Xircom Realport2 ISDN Adapter (R2I) by Mike Gerber, 2000, Jul 06
36. Question: ADVICE: Configuring my PCMCIA GSM Modem by F, 2000, Jul 09
1. Why did you want to modify test_modem this way? by David Hinds, 2000, Jul 10
(_ Agree: RE: Why did you want to modify test modem this way? by F, 2000, Jul 11
37. Question: Compex Linkport-Comm 56-E CTR21 V90 modem by Mitja Pufic, 2000, Aug 09
1. Bad serial_cs parameters by David Hinds, 2000, Aug 09
(_ More: Compex Linkport-Comm 56-E CTR21 V90 modem 2 by Mitja Pufic, 2000, Aug 09
(_ IO port issue by David Hinds, 2000, Aug 09
38. Feedback: Nokia Card Phone 2.0 by Jochen Scharrlach, 2000, Aug 11
39. Question: Diehl/DIVA ISDN card by Rhys Morgan, 2000, Aug 15
40. Question: COMpad-32B 4 port card is recognized as parallel by Felix Radensky, 2000, Aug 22
41. Sad: file transfer stalls at 115200 baud serial line speed by Michael Feig, 2000, Aug 27
42. Angry: PCMCIA works very very very slowly by Benson Fung, 2000, Aug 28
1. Interrupt problem; you'll need a driver upgrade by David Hinds, 2000, Aug 28
43. Question: 3CXM656 - What is exactly a WinModem ? by Christian Gennerat, 2000, Sep 26
1. You are out of luck... by David Hinds, 2000, Sep 26
44. Question: IBM V.90 PC Card Modem with XJACK ... funcid: 254 (null) by Tom Bradner, 2000, Nov 01

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