OK, I finally had the time to try what you suggested, but when I opened the
mini terminal, it would not let me type in the terminal window. I am not
sure what I am doing wrong but when I try the modem, I do not get a dial
tone.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem
> Mark Thurston wrote:
> >
> > I do have a serial mouse, but the modem is on COMM3. I actually found
the
> > modem now, and Linux says "initializing modem" but it never even dials.
I
> > can not figure out what is wrong. When I go in to query the modem, it
finds
> > it, then runs through about 7 different tests but nothing ever shows up
in
> > the results.
> >
>
> Do you have the speaker enabled?? Any noises??
> Run the mini terminal you'll find in the Kppp setup
> type the following (Without Quotes..) <cr>= Hit Enter/Return
>
> AT <cr>
> ATE1 <cr> echoes output to terminal
> ATI <cr> record this output for us
> ATZ <cr>
> AT L2 M2 X4 S6=1 <cr> - this turns the speaker on Permanantly - Fix it
> later
> and says wait one second before dialling - fix it
> later
> Then
>
> ATDT xxxxxxxxx <cr> (Where xxxxx is your own phone number preferably the
> number of the line from which you are calling)
>
> Do you HEAR dialtone
> Do you HEAR the modem dialling
> Did you HEAR the busy tone
> Did the modem return a message like 'BUSY' and go quiet?
>
> Post these results
>
> Cheers
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Rye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 1:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem
> >
> > > > Mark Thurston wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have a US Robotics 56K Sportster modem, it is about 3 years old so
> > > > it is not a winmodem. Anyway, I can get linux to find the driver
and
> > > > query the modem, but it always says "the modem is busy." I need to
> > > > get this running as soon as possible. Any help would be greatly
> > > > appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > I have the same modem and it works fine in both Linux and Windows.
> > >
> > > Tell what Com port and Irq you are using.
> > > Is the modem internal or external
> > >
> > > Do You have a USB or serial mouse??
> > >
> > > Be aware that Linux appears to assign the mouse regardless of it's
> > > type to Com 1 (Dos/Windows) or /dev/ttyS0 (Linux).
> > >
> > > As a result of this your modem should _NOT_ be assigned to /dev/modem
> > > or /dev/ttyS0 - it will conflict with your mouse.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > --
> > > ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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