If your able to get to X, you should be able to run "modemtool",
which will set up where /dev/modem is pointing to. You can either find
"modemtool" on the control panel or just run the command 'modemtool' from
a shell window inside X....
I hope this is helpful....
>
>
> hello,
>
> i'm trying to get linux to recognize my modem. i'm using
> the redhat 5.0 distribution and a compaq presario 8712.
> the modem is a plug-n-play 33,6 modem.
>
> i called compaq tech support to see if they could provide
> information about configuring the compaq modem to be non-PnP.
> it turns out, that information is confidential and can only
> be attained if i pay compaq $35 bucks.
>
> this is what happens, when i run *minicom* i get an error
> message that says,...
>
> minicom: cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
>
> i thought that installing RH 5.0 would automatically *know*
> that the modem exists. what can i do? any suggestions?
>
> thanks,
> raul
>
>
>
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