[techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.

[Tania M. Morell]

Nick Green wrote:
> 
> have you tried dialing using minicom?
> its fairly easy to setup and will tell you if your modem is even
> set correctly.
> 
> (of course, that doesn't mean kde will like your modem...it doesn't
> like mine, apparently...minicom will recognize it, but kde just hangs
> on "initializing modem".)
> 
> nick
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tania M. Morell <tania at shadow.net>
> To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 5:53 PM
> Subject: [techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.
> 
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'm hoping someone can help w/ my modem problems.
> > I have a creative labs modemblaster flash pci dl5630 and I've installed
> > linux on the computer which is already running win98.  Win98 had the
> > modem on com3 irq 9 (it's pnp). I thought linux didn't like irq9 for a
> > modem so i switched it to com1 irq5.
> > Still no luck.
> >
> > I've tried this:  setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart 16450 port 0x3f8 irq 5
> > When in kde, i use kppp to initialize and I always get "sorry, modem is
> > busy".
> > Anyway, I'm been working on this nonstop without luck since last night
> > and i'm all out of coffee!
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > I'll be happy to get ANY help at all.
> > --
> >     Tania Morell
> >   tania at shadow.net
> > www.shadow.net/~tania
> >

Nick, thanks.

I tried minicom like you said but it doesn't look like minicom is
communicating with the modem because it doesn't say "OK" and nothing I
type shows up on the secreen..  :(
I even tried all the other com ports too.

-T

-- 
    Tania Morell
  tania at shadow.net
www.shadow.net/~tania

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