Mines on com1. There is a very good reason for this.
I got a ready made computer and the manufacturer only put one uart in.
Without more uarts coms 2 thru 4 will not work. The cheap manufacturer left
out the chips for the serial ports.
----- Original Message -----
From: "KompuKit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 2:41 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem's busy
> first of all....modems are always commonly hooked up
> on com 2 some times on com3 and 4....but hardly never on
> com1
> this is the first time...I've ever heard of a modem hooked
> up as com1
> the mouse is supposed to use com 1...try setting it up on
> com2 and I
> bet it works....
>
> Dennis Myers wrote:
> >
> > patrick wrote:
> > >
> > > Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Saturday 25 November 2000 02:30 pm, KompuKit wrote:
> > > > > to be safe...just buy a EXTERNAL modem...
> > > > > all of them will work.
> > > >
> > > > this is just plain WRONG nonsense
> > > > --
> > > > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
> > >
> > > no , this is not nonsense. external modems work quite well
> > > with linux.
> > >
> > > i also want to share with everyone a way to make your
> > > printer work. i am using a panasonice laser jet. there
> > > is a driver in 7.2 for it. after installing it my printer
> > > was acting crazy. continually printing pages over and over.
> > > i uninstalled the driver finally , shut down the computer
> > > and rebooted. i also turned off the printer. i started
> > > kde and reinstalled the driver. printer works fine now.
> > >
> > > i just love linux :)
> > I agree with the external modems work in linux. I have a Best Data ext
> > Modem that worked very well until recently. It still works in windows
> > but I keep getting a "Modem does not respond". I have tried to reset,
> > unplug, reconfig, etc. To no avail. The modem is plugged into com1 i.e.
> > ttyS0 and works in windows, but no response in 7.2. It does not show up
> > in harddrake either. Any suggestions out there. Oh, I am on the Linux
> > only box right now using a Best Data internal modem which also works
> > very well and says Linux compatable on the box. Thanks for any help with
> > this puzzle.
>
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