In message "Modem config", [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What is the current standard for device files? I have a pcmcia > modem. Previously it worked fine with /dev/cua1 under my Slackare > Linux. Debian appears to have gone to some other device files or > naming system. (I think it tried to put /dev/modem --> /dev/ttyS0 > which didn't work for me.) > > Anyway, I pointed /dev/modem to /dev/cua1 on the partition with my > Slackware partition. That works fine, but where should it really go?
/dev/ttyS1 The mapping is: Old New Dos ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ /dev/cua0 --> /dev/ttyS0 --> COM1 /dev/cua1 --> /dev/ttyS1 --> COM2 /dev/cua2 --> /dev/ttyS2 --> COM3 /dev/cua3 --> /dev/ttyS3 --> COM4 The /dev/cua[1-4] devices are obsolete in Linux (it's not just Debian). All your software using serial devices should point to the ttyS[1-4] devices (your mouse, modem,...). The reason for the move to the new ttyS devices has something to do with device locking. Someone more knowledgable could expand on this. -- Todd Harper 4 out of 5 dentists agree that 1 out of 5 dentists [EMAIL PROTECTED] is an idiot. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .