[kraddler2003]

ive installed suse9.0 on my dell laptop..everything works fine...it recognized my internal modem,,but when i go to configure it it isnt assigned a port setting,,{tty0,tty1},.,,its just blank...iv tried to use kppp to query modem..but it cant find it.. could it be because its a internal modem and its on the board?or is there a irq conflict? know how to check that on windows,but not sure how to on linux...assuming if it recognized it ,,then it has driver for it..just why wont it assign it a port..?

[Whiteskin]

you need to go makedev. (Is this a winmodem? It verywell might be, and you may have to look into a special program) makedev will create the proper device, if you can get the settings right. Try looking up the brand on the google linux search <http://www.google.com/linux>

[lynch]

You might want to enter your bios and disable Plug n Play. If PnP is turned on, the bios initializes basic devices but passes the job of completing the configuration/setting of resources on to the OS. Disableing PnP lets the bios write the ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) and makes all devices more likely to be recognized and configured before Linux boots. I dont use PnP on any OS.
PnP
HTH
lynch