YaST2 crashes during modem detection
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Applies to
SuSE Linux: Version 7.0
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Symptom:
YaST2 crashes as soon as you try to configure your modem.
Cause:
The automatic hardware detection has a bug that causes it to crash for certain modems.
Solution:
Disable the automatic hardware detection for modems. YaST2 will none the less correctly
identify your modem.
To do so, you have the following the choices:
- If the problem occurs during the installation, you may enter at the
boot prompt (when
boot:
appears)
linux hwprobe=-modem
- If you do the modem configuration later, you can set the environment
variable
hwprobe
before calling YaST2:
hwprobe=-modem yast2
- Or you create (after the installation) the file
/var/lib/libhd/cmdline
containing this:
hwprobe=-modem
Keywords: YAST2, MODEM, INSTALLATION
Categories:
Network
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- Version: 09. Okt 2000
SuSE Linux AG - Last generated: 09. Okt 2000 by pthomas (sdb_gen 1.40.0)