I figured out the problem; still working on the solution. Yes, a person can test the modem by entering "echo ATDT5555555 > /dev/ttyS[x]". This test verified that my modem is on the same com port as my mouse (/dev/ttyS3).
Then I found the /var/run/stab file; I tried to edit it, changing the /dev/ttyS3 to /dev/ttyS4, but after a restart, the file had reverted back, so apparently that's just a "here's how it's configured" file, not a "here's how it will be configured" file. So, any suggestions on how I tell the PCMCIA modem to use a different com port? Thanks. At 05:24 PM 7/31/1998 -0500, you wrote: >I've got a hamm system. I've had the PCMCIA services and the mouse working >at the same time, but this was several wipe/reinstalls ago (I'm still early >in the learning stage). > >The last reinstall I did I forgot to enable PCMCIA during the install. So I >put it on the back burner. > >Finally I've gotten X working (minimally), so I decided to download/install >Netscape (via ethernet not PCMCIA modem), and while in dselect, I saw the >PCMCIA package and remembered that I needed to get that also. > >After the reboot that the PCMCIA package suggested (because of a replaced >kernel or something - 2.0.34 w/PCMCIA for 2.0.34), everything came back up >except for the mouse. I ran gpmconfig, and everything seems fine, except >the mouse doesn't work (no visible cursor at least). > >Win95 reported my PCMCIA modem as being on COM3 (this was before I wiped >Win95 off); my mouse is on /dev/ttyS1 (which I understand to be what DOS >calls COM2) which is where it belongs. > >Any clues? As I was writing this, I had the thought that maybe Debian >somehow moved the modem to com2, which is clobbering the mouse. How would I >check this? > >Also, in DOS, I could "echo atdt5555555 > com2" at the DOS prompt to see if >the modem dials that number, then "echo atz > com2" to hang it up. Is there >anything comparable I can do in Linux, or do I need a terminal program such >as minicom to do any manual dialing/testing? > >Thanks. >=========================================================== >Kent West | Technology Support/Customer Service >| >Abilene Christian University | Voice: 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 >| >ACU Station, Box 29005 | E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >Abilene, TX 79699-9005 | Ham: KC5ENO, General >| >=========================================================== > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > =========================================================== Kent West | Technology Support/ | Abilene Christian University | Voice: 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 | ACU Station, Box 29005 | E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Abilene, TX 79699-9005 | Ham: KC5ENO, General | =========================================================== -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null