Re: 3Com 3CXM756 Card not working with Suse 8.1

hi David,
Thanks for replying. I have a dual boot laptop so I copied the responses on 
a floppy and pasted in a file below. I have pasted the config.opts 
completely, rest all I have taken relevant sections. My laptop does not have 
a serial port, I guessed that /dev/ttyS1 was a modem from the fact that its 
time stamp would be boot time. I bought the 3Com from store.
Thanks
Ajit
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#I added following lines to /etc/config file rest everything is same
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card "3Com Megahertz 3CXM756/3CCM756"
  manfid 0x0101, 0x003F
  bind "serial_cs"

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#Output of cardctl ident command is
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linux:/etc/pcmcia # cardctl ident
Socket 0:
  product info: "3Com Megahertz", "3CXM756/3CCM756"
  manfid: 0x0101, 0x003f
  function: 2 (serial)
Socket 1:
  no product info available

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#Here is the config.opts file
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#
# Local PCMCIA Configuration File
#
#----------------------------------------------------------------------

# System resources available for PCMCIA devices

# The following "include port" line below needs to be changed to ONLY 
include port
# 0x100-0x4ff if you are using the 3Com Megahertz 3CXM/CM756.  You should 
also comment out
# the IBM Token Ring "include port" line.
# ports 0x810-0x81f hurt on some DELL machines
# include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
# include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff
include port 0x100-0x4ff
include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff
include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff, memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff

# High port numbers do not always work...
# include port 0x1000-0x17ff

# Extra port range for IBM Token Ring
#include port 0xa00-0xaff

# Resources we should not use, even if they appear to be available

# First built-in serial port
exclude irq 4
# Second built-in serial port
# exclude irq 3
# First built-in parallel port
exclude irq 7
# PS/2 Mouse controller port, comment this out if you don't have a PS/2
# based mouse
exclude irq 12
exclude irq 3, port 0x03f8-0x3f8
exclude irq 4, port 0x03e8-0x3e8
exclude irq 3, port 0x02e8-0x2e8
#----------------------------------------------------------------------

# Examples of options for loadable modules

# To fix sluggish network with IBM ethernet adapter...
#module "pcnet_cs" opts "mem_speed=600"

# Options for IBM Token Ring adapters
#module "ibmtr_cs" opts "mmiobase=0xd0000 srambase=0xd4000"

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System log in /var/log/messages
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Dec 17 18:41:52 linux rcpcmcia: /sbin/insmod 
/lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o
Dec 17 18:41:52 linux rcpcmcia: /sbin/insmod 
/lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o
Dec 17 18:41:52 linux cardmgr[803]: modpath = /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/
Dec 17 18:41:52 linux cardmgr[803]: modsubdir = pcmcia
Dec 17 18:41:53 linux cardmgr[803]: watching 2 sockets
Dec 17 18:41:53 linux kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 
0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
Dec 17 18:41:53 linux cardmgr[805]: starting, version is 3.2.0
Dec 17 18:41:53 linux kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
Dec 17 18:41:53 linux cardmgr[805]: socket 0: 3Com Megahertz 3CXM756/3CCM756
Dec 17 18:41:53 linux cardmgr[805]: executing: 'insmod -v 
/lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB//pcmcia/serial_cs.o'
Dec 17 18:41:53 linux cardmgr[805]: + Using 
/lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB//pcmcia/serial_cs.o
Dec 17 18:41:53 linux cardmgr[805]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Dec 17 18:41:53 linux kernel: serial_cs: RequestIO: No more items
Dec 17 18:41:54 linux cardmgr[805]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: 
Resource temporarily unavailable

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Output of the setserial commands
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linux:/var/log # setserial /dev/ttyS0; setserial /dev/ttyS1; setserial 
/dev/ttyS2; setserial /dev/ttyS3; setserial /dev/ttyS4
/dev/ttyS0, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
/dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
/dev/ttyS2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
/dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
/dev/ttyS4, UART: unknown, Port: 0xffffffff, IRQ: 0

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Contents of the /proc/interrupts file
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  0:     133656          XT-PIC  timer
  1:       5328          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  5:          0          XT-PIC  usb-uhci, usb-uhci, Allegro
  6:        265          XT-PIC  floppy
  8:          2          XT-PIC  rtc
  9:       9067          XT-PIC  acpi, eth0, usb-uhci, PCI device 1217:6933, 
PCI device 1217:6933
14:       8437          XT-PIC  ide0
15:        436          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
LOC:          0
ERR:          0
MIS:          0
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>From: David Hinds <[email protected]>
>To: Ajit Belsarkar <[email protected]>
>CC: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Pcmcia-cs-devel]3Com 3CXM756 Card not working with Suse 8.1
>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:17:22 -0800
>
>On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 03:39:54PM -0500, Ajit Belsarkar wrote:
>
> > I bought a 3CXM756 card and am trying to make it work with my SuSe Linux 
>HP
> > Pavillion N5445 Laptop. I could get it to work on Windows XP, so I know 
>the
> > hardware is good.I did not find the card in the HOWTO list. But 
>apparently
> > it is supported. I edited the config file to add this Modem with a bind 
>for
> > serial port driver.
>
>Please show exactly what you added to the config file.
>
> > Whenever I insert the card and boot the machine, I get two beeps one 
>High
> > and a low indicating that it does not like something.
> >
> > Here is what all the things I tried.
> > 1. Edit the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts for "include ports 0x100-0x3FF" (I 
>got
> > this file from 3Com website + additions from other people'e experiences)
> >
> > exclude irq 4 port 0x3F8-0x3F8
> > exclude irq 3 port 0x2e8-0x2e8
> > exclude irq 3 port 0x3e8-0x3e8
> >
> > When I do the setserial /dev/ttyS1
> > I get
> > UART 16550, Irq 3
>
>/dev/ttyS1 is (apparently) a built-in serial port, it is not your
>PCMCIA card, and it is not a modem.
>
> > I tried to see the system log, in /var/log/messages, and I got the
> > error that irq 3 "autoconf failed" "get dev info failed" resource
> > temporarily unavailable
>
>Please show actual messages and not a synopsis of what they were.
>
>Until the "autoconf failed" problem is fixed, there is no point in
>testing a serial port, because no serial port was assigned to the
>card.
>
> > I have a suspicion that it is a resource clash, but I am just not able 
>to
> > find it and get rid of it. How do you guys test a modem whether it is
> > working or not? Do you use wvdial?
>
>The PCMCIA-HOWTO has specific instructions.
>
>A stupid question: you bought the modem new, from a store, right?
>
>-- Dave

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