Re: [aclug-L] No modem

[Cheez-Czar <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

/dev/modem is often a symbolic link to your modem device try /dev/ttyS3
(linux com numbers start at 0 not 1, so it is one less then the windows
com #) (or make a symbolic link to it by:
rm /dev/modem    
ln -s /dev/ttyS3 /dev/modem 
)

On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Wayne White wrote:

> Greetings all, 
> 
> Being a tyro in the Linux arena, I find myself in need of assistance. 
> 
> I can't seem to talk to the modem in my box. When trying to start minicom 
> I get the following error message:
> 
>       Minicom: cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
> 
> Trying to open Seyon leads to pretty much the same thing. I take it that 
> if the machine knew it had a modem there would be a /dev/modem file. Is
> that the case?
> 
> A little background. The machine is a 486. The modem is a Zoom 33.6.All of 
> the drives and serial ports and parallel port are controlled by the IDE card. 
> To get the modem to work under Win95 I had to disable the PnP feature and set 
> it to be COM4 and IRQ3. It would then work under Win95. I was unable to find 
> any way to disable COM2 on the IDE card so that the modem could assume that 
> natural position under PnP.
> 
> Is this part of the problem now under Linux (RH5.1)? Would enabling the PnP
> setting on the modem and reinstalling help? Is there a way in Linux to make
> the /dev/modem file so that commo progies can find the modem, perhaps
> setserial?
> 
> I must admit to being a little frustrated, but the challenges in installing
> Linux and getting X to run have been very educational. I just need a little
> help with this next hurdle.
> 
> Any and all help, and or suggestions, will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Wayne
> 
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