I installed Mandrake 6.0 yesterday but have been unable to get my modem to
respond. And no, its not a win modem.
I tried many different jumper settings for the IRQ & com port but when I try
to use KPPP all I got were:
"Sorry, the modem is not responding" or "The modem is busy" messages.
I tried switching between ttyS0 - ttyS3 with only the above messages as a
result.
I'm puzzled, is KPPP the only program nessessary to configure the modem or
am I missing something?
----- Original Message -----
From: David p. Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 2:56 PM
Subject: [newbie] IT WORKS!!!
>
> --I now have both floppies up and working and am chompin' at the bit for
my next
> Linux challenge. My special thanks to John for pointing me in the right
> direction. If it's OK with y'all I'd like to post the step by step in case
> anybody out there needs a really simplistic explanation.
> 1. First uncheck the default word wrap in Kedit and set the line limit
to a
> high number like 120 or something. Failure to do so will result in your
fstab
> getting all corrupted and messed up. Take extra special caution with the
last
> two lines in fstab, as they don't appear to follow the regular format but
seem
> to be very important if you like booting your system.
> 2. go to /mnt and create a new folder for the new floppy. Call it
Floppy1 or
> whatever. All the folders in /mnt should be empty, unless something like
the
> cdrom or whatever is mounted, in which case you should see nothing but the
> folders on that particular cd. Make sure that your Kfm is set to show
hidden
> files.
> 3. Copy the /dev/fd0 line in fstab but make it /dev/fd1 and be sure to
> change the mount point column to the name of the new folder that you just
> created. (you'll need to be root for this part)
> 4. Reboot, and from the console as user type the command $mount
/dev/fd1 and
> hit enter. Assuming of course that there's a floppy in the drive with data
on
> it, your console should return to the prompt without reporting an error,
and
> you should see your floppy led come on. That's telling you that mount was
> succesfull, but you aint done yet.
> 5. login as root. Right click your exiting floppy icon, and choose
> properties. a multi tab dialog box will come up. Leave it open on the
desktop
> and right click anywhere on the desktop. From the drop down menu choose
"create
> new filesystem device", and a little question mark thingie will appear on
your
> desktop. A dialog simillar to the one already up will appear. Go through
it and
> match all permissions and other settings, making sure to substitute the
name of
> the new device and mount point. at this point you will be able to choose
Icons.
> I took the green floppies that obviously are supposed to be for the old
51/4
> floppies, but whatever you like. Some of the KDE icons are really too
cool!
> 6. That's about it, after testing of course, and you'll have to repeat
step
> 5 in user, and reboot to test the whole thing. When rebooting pay special
> attention to all the green OK's. If no red FAILED's show up, you're
probably
> good to go.
>
> BTW Sorry about the Windows crack!!!!
>
> David P. Greenberg
> Bitco Electronics
> "In Service to the Recording Industry"
> *Confirmed Linux Newbie*
> **It was gonna be done in Septober,
> then Octember, now it's Novunder.**
>
