Thanks Dennis, you are lucky to have a jumpered modem. Mine unfortunately is
one of those fancy Winmodems. I have found a probable solution though which
I will try out tomorrow. If you check the later messages youll see where
i"m at.
John
> John, I have a jumpered modem set to ttys2 and have had no problems
> getting it to work in probably 5 installations of Linux-Mandrake. So I
> don't know what special instructions could possibly be needed. If you
> need to move to ttys2 or 3, I would give it a try. Dennis
>
>
> John wrote:
>
> > It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe.
> > When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of
> > course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I
> > found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that
> > special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they
> > don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the
> > com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in
> > Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice?
> > Thanks John
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