PCMCIA modem works in Suse 7.2 but not in EE 6.10 using kppp

[Maynard Wright]

On Monday 23 April 2007 02:48, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> Hello
>
> I tried to use a pcmcia card modem, I have been using successfully in
> an old Laptop running Suse 7.2.
>
> Now here in Kubuntu 6.10
>
> dmesg tells me:
> pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
> [17181357.752000] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
> [17181357.796000] 0.0: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
>
> However kppp does not find a modem in ttyS0!
>
> Is there any other tool I could use?
>
> thanks
>
> Uwe Brauer


When I boot my Toshiba Satellite with Kubuntu 6.06, the PCMCIA modem comes up 
in either ttyS0 or ttyS4, seemingly randomly.  If the modem shows busy, I 
edit it in KPPP to change it.

Maynard