Ok I had that probelem as well
Its caused by the Plug in and Play if your modem has jumpers on it
you disable it and set the Com port yourself it should work then with no more
Problems.
Ray
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On 13/02/2000 at 10:12 ChOPpY C. Chipper wrote:
>OK, I just solvd this problem, try switching the settings under modem from
>CTRS... to xon/xoff. Now, I get one step further, but still can not connect
>it says" Initializing modem" and times out there!
>
>Thanks,
>Julien
>----- Original Message -----
>From: R_Yeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 2:26 AM
>Subject: Re: [newbie] "sorry,modem is busy"
>
>
>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, George Houdek-Viskovska wrote:
>> > >%_Hi everyone !!
>> > I have problem with Kppp and minicom .
>> > I click on Connection and LINUX show me window with : "Sorry,modem is
>busy" but my modem is not busy ???Line, modem is OK but for Kppp and minicom
>is modem busy .
>>
>> What modem? Hopefully not winmodem.
>>
>> --
>> Ronald
>>
