Randy Smith wrote:
>
> No dice. I find IRQ 5 when I ask Windows, so I go make that statement in
> Linux and it tells me the modem is busy. Some other setting will tell me
> the modem doesn't respond, still others say the modem isn't there. I
> scrolled through the archive but didn't find anything that helped. A friend
> of mine was reading the book that came with the discs and found something
> that we missed in the installation that would have gotten all of our
> hardware settings from Windows automatically. Is there any way I can still
> perform this, or doesn't it work very well? Thanks for the input, I'll
> continue trying!
Check /var/lock to see if there's a LCK..modem or LCK..ttyS3 file
there. If there is, delete it and retry the connection.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 7:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Square one beginner questions (modem and CDR for
> now...)
>
> > /dev/ttyS2 is indeed what you're looking for. It's likely that the
> > modem is on a non-standard IRQ (since it would share it with COM1), so
> > you'll need to look in Windows' Device Manager to find out what IRQ it's
> > using. Once you know that, boot Linux and issue the command:
> >
> > setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq <number>
> >
> > Give the modem a try and see if it works. If it does, add that command
> > to the bottom of /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
