Modem Inaccessible

Peter
2006-07-17T07:19:09Z

Slackware 10.2, kernel 2.6.16

Suddenly I cannot access my modem.

Minicom will just stay offline.

efax version 0.9
minicom version 2.1

Giving command: fax receive
I get:

efax: 12:25 opened /dev/modem
efax: 12:25 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error
efax: 12:25 Error: fax device write: Input/output error
efax: 12:29 Error: fax device write: Input/output error
efax: 12:31 sync: dropping DTR
efax: 12:31 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error
efax: 12:31 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error
efax: 37:31 Error: sync: modem not responding
efax: 37:31 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error
efax: 37:31 done, returning 2 (unrecoverable error)
There were errors (see 0717143714.log).

I tried it with kernel 2.4.31, it will not work either.

I moved over to Fedora4, same machine, same HD. Minicom is on-line and dials
and pppd dialing is working as well, meaning there is nothing wrong with the
hardware.

Here is the output of lsmod in Fed4 w/o the snd_ bits:

Module Size Used by
md5 4033 1
ipv6 268097 8
parport_pc 28933 1
lp 13001 0
parport 40585 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 29253 2
it87 23521 0
eeprom 7377 0
i2c_sensor 3521 2 it87,eeprom
i2c_isa 2241 0
rfcomm 42333 0
l2cap 30661 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 56133 4 rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc 167813 1
ipt_REJECT 5569 1
ipt_state 1857 4
ip_conntrack 41497 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2881 1
ip_tables 19521 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
ide_scsi 18761 0
scsi_mod 148105 1 ide_scsi
dm_mod 58101 0
video 15941 0
button 6609 0
ac 4805 0
uhci_hcd 35152 0
ehci_hcd 41037 0
shpchp 94405 0
i2c_viapro 8017 0
i2c_core 21569 5 it87,eeprom,i2c_sensor,i2c_isa,i2c_viapro
snd_via82xx 30081 1
gameport 18633 1 snd_via82xx
soundcore 10913 2 snd
via_rhine 28361 0
mii 5441 1 via_rhine
dmfe 23525 0
floppy 65269 0
ext3 132553 3
jbd 86233 1 ext3

And here lsmod of Slack:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
i2c-dev 3620 0 (unused)
i2c-core 12676 0 [i2c-dev]
snd-pcm-oss 36736 0
snd-mixer-oss 12376 2 [snd-pcm-oss]
pci_hotplug 15236 0
uhci 24284 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17516 0 (unused)
usbcore 59148 1 [uhci ehci-hcd]
snd-via82xx 13376 2
gameport 1420 0 [snd-via82xx]
Module Size Used by Not tainted
i2c-dev 3620 0 (unused)
i2c-core 12676 0 [i2c-dev]
snd-pcm-oss 36736 0
snd-mixer-oss 12376 2 [snd-pcm-oss]
pci_hotplug 15236 0
uhci 24284 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17516 0 (unused)
usbcore 59148 1 [uhci ehci-hcd]
snd-via82xx 13376 2
gameport 1420 0 [snd-via82xx]
soundcore 3396 4 [snd]
via-rhine 12336 0 (unused)
mii 2272 0 [via-rhine]
pcmcia_core 39172 0
ide-scsi 9392 0
dmfe 12577 1
crc32 2880 0 [via-rhine dmfe]
agpgart 45508 0 (unused)
lp 6404 0
parport_pc 15044 1
parport 22824 1 [lp parport_pc]

Where could be the hitch that the modem is not responding in slackware?

Thanks for any help!