unable to find modem

Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
Sun Aug 15 08:19:09 EDT 2004


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though if he was suing it with dos 7 it's most likely a hardware 
modem...check all the ports between ttyS1 and ttyS4...that's where 
modems usually live.
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 01:06:11AM -0500, Garrett 
Klein wrote:
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> Hello, Grant,
> 
> 		On my system, using the U.S. Robotics Performance Pro 
> modem, it is located in /dev/ttyS4 (that's actually com5 in Linux 
> speak). Try looking through your dmesg output, where the serial driver 
> innitializes itself. If you can't find it there, perhaps your particular 
> brand of modem is a WinModem, in which case you should consult 
> www.linmodems.org to see if drivers are available. HTH.
> 
> Garrett
> 
> 
> 	On my system, using the U.S. Robotics Performance On Sat, Aug 
> 14, 2004 at 03:36:40PM -0700, Grant E. Metcalf wrote:
> > I have not been able to locate my USRobotics 56k modem in the Linux 
> > environment with the WVDIAL program, nor MINICOM.  Bill Acker suggested I 
> > ask the list if anyone has some ideas as to what the problem may be and a 
> > possible solution.   I currently am using the modem with Commo 7.7 running 
> > DOS 7x on a shell dialup.  I wanted to try getting a PPP connection 
> > working with access4free.com to see if I would prefer going all the way 
> > with Linux.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Grant
> > Listening for His shout! - First Thessalonians 4:16
> > 
> > Visit the Home Page of Bartimaeus Alliance of the Blind, Incorporated at
> > http://thegems.shellworld.net
> > 
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