kudzu and internal modem

[R. Hirschfeld]

Thanks for the explanation!

> From: Dan Burcaw <dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Organization: 
> Date: 04 Sep 2003 08:14:03 -0600
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> 
> To keep laptops from draining too much battery, the Linux kernel
> turns off things like the firewire controller and modem chips
> until such devices are actually used.  This makes it hard to auto-detect
> like in the case of kudzu. So, what you're seeing is merely a timing
> issue whereby sometimes the modem is not detected because its not
> powered on.  I've tried to make detection more reliable, but as you've
> seen, often its not.  I'm working to improve this.  Bottom line: don't
> worry too much about the message. As you have noted, you can still use
> the modem.
> 
> Regards,
> Dan
>