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

[Tania M. Morell]

"Tania M. Morell" wrote:
> 
> 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
> 

Also, I've noticed that my books say to use /dev/ttyS? and other online
help I've been to refer to /dev/cua?..  what is cua used for?? At first
I thought it was a com port but then I got the impression that ttsy's
are com port because of what my books say but this  wouldn't make sense
either since I  have to assign a port to it using "setserial 'device'
port 'whatever' ".    I'm royally conused about this.

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

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