Mark,
I posted this before, basically you don't need a dev/ttyS4 for COM5 because
coms above 2 are software set by the OS so the modem doen't care what com
port it uses. Use the setserial command with the irq, iobase and uart
opteions (see link in message).
On my modem (USR Internet Gaming Modem PCI) it is set up as COM 5 in Windows
and dev/ttyS3 in Linux Mandrake 7.1. Check out
www.unionbuiltbox.com/faqmodem.htm it basically says that COM 3 on up are
software derived Com ports and you can use either dev/ttyS2 or dev/ttyS3 in
linux. They also have a modem setup tutorial on that site for PCI modems.
It's worked for me twice setting up my modem in Mandrake 6.1 and 7.1.
Another thing to check for is to see if your usb is on the same IRQ as your
modem. If it is the only work around that I have heard (and what I'm
currently using) is to go into the mandrake setup program and disable USB
and your modem won't have the Device Busy Message when you try to use KPPP.
- Don S
----- Original Message -----
From: "markOpoleO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still!
> Yes I know all this stuff, but my modem in WIndows was on COM 5, so that
is
> why i am looking for ttyS4...i though i made myself pretty clear :)
>
> markOpoleO
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 11:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] ttyS4 problem still!
>
>
> >
> > > Ok i tryed all your suggestions so far, I finally got linux to
reconize
> my
> > > modem. All communication programs show it working, But i still can't
> get
> > > kppp to dial my ISP..cause there is NO ttyS4 listed (only
ttyS0-ttyS3).
> > > Does anyone know the procedure to get Kppp to reconize ttyS4 from the
> list?
> >
> > You're looking for ttyS4 because? If it's the equivalent of COM4 that
> > you're looking for, use ttyS3. What's curious is how you know that
> > "all communications programs show it working" if you haven't even set
> > the port that it's connected to :-)
> >
> > In any case:
> >
> > com1 = ttyS0
> > com2 = ttyS1
> > com3 = ttyS2
> > com4 = ttyS3
> >
> > Cheers --- Larry
> >
>
>
