I've noticed that my /dev/modem link dissapperas/reappears at random as well, probably something to do with devfs, which I think dynamically cretates the link on boot. Instead, point your dialler directly to the /dev/ttySx device number for your modem.
John. On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:45, Grant wrote: > I had my the Lucent winmodem in my laptop working with a program called > Penggy that dials up to AOL. Now when I try to use Penggy it tells me > there is no such file or directory called /dev/modem. I really don't see > how any modem setting could have been altered. I tried to re-install the > package that made the winmodem work before but it tells me it's already > installed. Does anyone have any idea how to get this modem recognized > again? > > - Grant
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