that is as far as i got so far, do you know how to ADD a ttyS4 in mandrake
7.1? This would be 90 percent of my problem solved I "think" to get modem
working. AND get /dev/ttyS4 shown as a option in Kppp?
btw thanks all who responded so far.
markOpoleO
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] why only ttyS0-ttyS3?
> markOpoleO wrote:
> >
> > The question is the Subject..why do they only have 0-3 when most modems
I
> > have installed have more the 4 "com" ports in windows...is there a way i
can
> > add ttyS4 so linux reconizes it? I saw it listed in /dev but does not
show
> > up i ppp modem setup.
> >
> > markOpoleO
>
> Mark
>
> I assume you are coming from a windows environment
>
> Things are just a little bit different and normally
> number from 0 (zero) and up
>
> Linux also has four (and even more) ports.
> They are number 0 to 3 which is the same as 1 to 4
>
> Remember Com1 = ttyS0
> Com2 = ttyS1
> Com3 = ttyS2
> and Com4 = ttyS3
>
> Does this help??
> --
> ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
