Re: [PLUG] RedHat Linux 6.1 ISP connection

[Sijian Zhou <sijian@yahoo.com>]

Actually I do have /dev/modem. Originally,
/dev/modem->/dev/ttyS0. I changed it to point to
either /dev/ttyS2 or /dev/ttyS3 according to my modem
dip setting. Even /dev/modem sitting correctly(I
think), KDE still point to wrong device:
COM3 -> /dev/ttyS3
COM4 -> /dev/ttyS2

Can I use minicom to dial up ISP?

SJ

--- Greg Lopp <lopp@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Sijian Zhou wrote:
> 
> > I got 'Sorry, the modem doesn't respond' message
> from
> > KDE. Manual, GNOME just say 'connection fail'. I
> don't
> > see how to minicom point to specific port.
> >
> 
> Should be under serial port setup(*A) in minicom. 
> You don't alreay have
> a minicom configuration file (.minirc), minicom
> should use /dev/modem by
> default......That file is not created by RedHat out
> of the box.
> 
> Make sure that you have /dev/modem :
> ls -l /dev/modem
> 
> You should see something like
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            5 Mar 14
> 05:52 /dev/modem ->
> ttyS2
> 
> This would mean that all reads/writes to /dev/modem
> actually go to
> /dev/ttyS2, aka COM3.  If you don't have a
> /dev/modem file, that could
> explain all your problems.  If that's the case, as
> root, try the
> following :
> ln -s /dev/ttyS2 /dev/modem
> 
> You should also check the permissions on /dev/ttyS2
> or ttyS3, which ever
> you want to use.
> 
> >
> > --- Bill Jonas <bj@netaxs.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Sijian Zhou wrote:
> > >
> > > >One another thing: if I set modem dip to COM3,
> KDE
> > > has
> > > >to set to ttyS3 to get 'busy' message. if I set
> > > modem
> > > >dip to COM4, KDE has to set to ttyS2 to get
> 'busy'
> > > >message. Otherwise just got '...doesn't
> respond'
> > > >message. I could not set dip to COM1 and COM2.
> > > There
> > > >is conflict.
> > >
> > > I'm sure you know this, but...
> > >
> > > COM4 corresponds to Linux's ttyS3
> > > COM3 corresponds to ttyS2
> > >
> > > What do you get when you try it on these
> settings?
> > >
> 
> 
>
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Sijian Zhou
45 LeForge Ct.
Wayne, PA 19087
Tel: (610)-651-0161
E-Mail: sijian@yahoo.com 

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