Re: modem instaliation problems

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From: Klartext
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 00:00

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On 26 Nov 1999 01:23:02 GMT, "Josiah Bryan" <dws@wcoil.com> wrote:

>i have a version of RedHat 5.2....recantly installed on my 400MHz IBM aptiva
>box on a 3.2GB HD...my problem is that I can't seem to get any of my modems
>to be acknowledged by linux....I have a PnP on COM2 and a PnP/Jumperless on
>COM3, and I have an ext. modem on COM1, all diffrent phone lines, of course.
>I can't get linux to recognize any modems, either in minicom, dip, or
>anything else. the mose i have gotten out of linux is that it will
>acknowledge UARTs on ttyS1 and ttyS2, using the setserial command. When I
>attempt to use minicom, adjusting it to use directly /dev/ttyS1 or
>/dev/ttyS2 it just freezes the whole system, and I have to do a
>CTRL-ALT-DELL to reboot. (FYI, setserial doesnt acknowledge the ext. modem
>on COM1). Anybody have any suggestions?
>
>Please reply to    dws@wcoil.com
>
>- J
>
>
Try "wvdial". This programm comes with SUSE. Check Redhat FTP for RPM.
 
Klartext

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From: Klartext@gmx.at (Klartext)
Subject: Re: modem instaliation problems
Date: 1999/11/26
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