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Re: SM56 modems in redhat 7.2



On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Unkillable Process wrote:

> Hi,
> i just ordered redhat 7.2 from guides.co.il.
> Before i upgraded my 7.1 to 7.2, my modem worked just fine,
> after the upgrade, my modem dosent respondes...

Where is the error message?

What do you get when you try to load its module?

> i tried reinstalling the drivers, and i even tried
> www.motorola.com site, but they said that they tried the drivers
> only on redhat 7.1.

That is: for the kernel of redhat 7.1 .

What exactly is your modem?

What are exactly those drivers? Binary-only modules (.o files)? Any
wrapper-modules that you can compile and hopefully can fit to other
versions of the kernel?

> should i install 7.1 again, it is possible without formatting my current
> partition(s) ?

No. In the worst-case you'll need to down-grade the kernel alone.

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