On Sunday 10 February 2002 04:19 pm, you wrote:
> I have a similar problem.  I've got a USB serial interface with the  FTDI
> 8U232AM USB to serial converter chipset and an external modem.  I've been
> trying to get the modem to talk to the converter for a long time now; no
> progress.  I can talk to the modem with minicom, but when I dial out, it
> starts the PPP connection and then just goes braindead. 

Yer one ahead of me, I could NEVER get an external modem to work at all with 
8.1.
Same symptoms as you describe. BUT, take 8.1 out and install 8.0 and the durn 
thang works just fine.
 
If I put it back
> on a standard 9 pin serial connect it works fine.
>
> Seems to be an issue with the status of one of the serial lines.
>
> Sure do wish I could deactivate those wasteful standard serial ports.
>
> On Saturday 09 February 2002 09:39, you wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > any experience how to make work an USB-Modem with Mandrake?
>
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