[gentooppc-user] Re: iMac modem config

[Calum Selkirk]

* jb@××××××.com [jb@××××××.com] [2002-10-19 07:03 -0700]:

> Why does configuring a modem to work in Gentoo appear to be such an
> issue among so many users whatever the platform?

that hasn't been my experience.

> I have Gentoo installed and running very nicely on a bondi iMac,
> except for the modem, which has stumped me for months. Can anyone
> please offer up instructions for configuring the iMac internal modem?
> I have not been able to get it to work with either wvdial or kppp.
> Various testing shows the modem is recognized on ttyS0, but my
> attempts to dial fail due to the device being "busy". The only clue I
> have for that is a line which flashes on startup that says "mox" is
> using the modem port. What is mox? This shows up before any info that
> can be re-read with dmesg after startup completes and it appears on
> the very first screen after yaboot proceeds to execute instructions to
> load the kernel.

The only "mox" i know of is a mac system optimizer application, not sure
the effects running this might have on OF. You might reset to factory
defaults by running "reset-all" from the OF prompt.

Otherwise, i know there are some problems with initializing modems via
the modem init string (this is at least the case with the Powerbook
Wallstreet and other Powerbook models .. i believe the modems with the
bondi are the same so prehaps the same issues). You might try adding
a delay to the modem init .. like so:

\d\d\n\dATDT<etc>

> Thank you *very* much to all who can lend me a hand with this. If
> others are experiencing the same difficulty, I'll gladly write up a
> mini-howto for the Tips 'n Tricks forum with the help contributed in
> response to this call for help. What with Mac hardware being so
> standardized, it should be worthwhile to have a howto about this
> topic.

All user contributed information is welcome

best

cal