I've reinstalled mdk8.2 on my new 40G WD ATA100 hdd and the elsa microlink 56k fun modem is not detected and will not reply to the interogation.

IT IS SUPPORTED, I know because I access the forum now with it in the previous mdk8.2 installation on my older maxtor hdd.

It's a serial modem on /dev/modem with no error messages and no problems in this install(on the maxtor hdd).

After 1 1/2 hours looking on the web I've found NO DRIVERS for it, but I know it works in mdk8.2 so what next?

Could it be a kernel problem? This installation went fine with no errors shown.

Hi
A serial modem should n't need drivers to run maybe tweaking
some init strings occasionally.

Have you checked if the /dev/modem is actual linked
to the proper /dev/ttyS.....
if not and assuming your modem is at com 2 do
ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/modem
to check if your serial ports are recognized at boot
(which i think they are) do dmesg | fgrep tty
Since you have a working old disk setup on your modem/mdk 8.2 compare them
Use setserial do get and set your port man setserial
What program do you use to dial out and what errors spits it
out.
Good luck

i see you have double posted this one that is not a
wise thing to do Mods hate it and others will ignore your
posts.

Thanks for your suggestions, I'm going to try straight away, even if I'm not sure that I understand 100%.

I use kppp and et no error messages at all apart from "modem does not respond"

I mistakenly posted the message in another forum(distributions) before deleting and moving it, no offence meant to anyone.

Hi
In kppp you can try this; choose the device tab; normally
it is set to /dev/modem try the proper /dev/ttyS.. .
Then try the modem tab and do a query modem to
see if it responds, if so do the symlink thing or leave
the device set to /dev/ttyS...
regards

It works now, thanks a lot guys. I queried the 2 serial ports first=ok, then from kppp then linuxconf I repeated the query=modem on com2/ttys1.

Does linux prefer ttyS0 for the modem?

ps: I tried to delete this message when I wanted to post it to distributions instead!!

Good to hear it works

It is not a matter of linux preference concerning the serial port.
It was you who put your modem there
But it was the task of the autodetecting and proper symlinking
from the mandrake install to set it up right.
Maybe your modem was turned off whilst installing.
enjoy