Make sure you do minicom -s and change the serial port to /dev/ttyS0.
you prob don't have the correct symlink to /dev/modem. or try S1.
Those dynalink externals are quite good modems. My current recommendation
for 56k external modem. THey rock.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> marty
> Sent: Saturday, 16 September 2000 5:42 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] Serial Ports, Modem and an ISA card
>
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>
> trying to set up a modem today. minicom couldn't initialise it...
>
> the modem (external dynalink 56k) worked fine under windows (though
> different machine)...
> looking thru dmesg showed the serial ports were seen...
> /dev/modem was linked to /dev/ttyS0, modem was cabled to COM1
>
> there was some suggestion from a deja search that having an ISA card in
> the machine (expansion to add 2nd parallel port) might interfere with
> probing, anyone experience anything like that ??
>
> i was at a loss to where to go from here...
>
> later
> marty
>
> "I can't buy what I want because it's free. Can't be what they want
> because I'm me." - Corduroy, Pearl Jam
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