Yeh, I was pretty sure it was not really "busy" but getting the modem
working was VERY low priority since I was getting out to the 'net via my
home LAN and DSL line. I tried the setserial that Tom suggested and it
worked, so now I have a fully functional Linux laptop. :-)
--Dave
Brian T. Schellenberger typethed the following...
>You ought to know that any hardware device failure, pretty much, claims
>to be "busy" even when that's far removed from the real problem.
>
>You should probably verify that you have the right device.
>
>Try this:
>
>cat < /dev/modem (in one xterm)
>cat >/dev/modem (in another)
>
>In the second xterm, try:
>
>AT
>
>Do you get a response?
>
>ls -l /dev/modem.
>
>Does it seems like a plausible device? What device are you asking for
>in kppp?
>
>On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, you wrote:
>| The NIC section of the RealPort card is working fine...it talks at 100Mb
>| with the rest of my LAN and even surfs thru the ICS gateway just fine.
>| The Modem is a different story, as far as I could can tell it's setup
>| properly(but I'll be honest and say I have never had to setup a modem under
>| linux before, has been all network based....usually servers) but whenever I
>| try to dial out with kppp it says the modem is busy. I have not spent a
>| huge amount of time on it, since it gets out to the net thru the DSL line.
>| --Dave
>|
>| At 07:55 PM 4/2/00, Tom Berkley wrote:
>| >Dave
>| >
>| >What's the problem with your NIC/Modem?
>| >
>| >Tom
>| >
>| >
>| >Dave Brown wrote:
>| > >
>| > > My Inspiron 7000 is currently dualbooting Win98SE and Mandrake 7.0.2
>quite
>| > > nicely. The only problem i am having is getting the Xircom Realport
>| > > NIC/Modem working properly. NIC is fine but the modem is not
>cooperating.
>| > > --Dave
>| > >
>| > > Brian T. Schellenberger typethed the following...
>| > >
>| > > >Just a quick note . . .
>| > > >
>| > > >The newer, higher-end Inspirons (7500) are among those on which Dell
>| > > >*does* offer Linux shipped, and on which Linux works quite well.
>| > > >(That's what I'm using right now, in fact.)
>| > > >
>--
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