usr 5610 modem, was: Re: Installing Speakup

[Vic Beckley]

Hi Greg,

Yes!  It worked fine.  I can connect now!

I still have a couple questions.

Why is there not a /dev/ttyS0 file.  My Litetalk is on com1 in DOS and I am using it with Speakup on the same port fine.

How can you learn what commands are available, what they do, and what the options and switches are?  For example, the mknod command.  I like to know what things mean that I type.

What is a good source for learning Linux basics?

Thanks again so much for your help and putting up with my ignorance.  Have a great day!


At 12:26 PM 5/2/2004, you wrote:
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>Ah, ok. Login as root, and type the following:
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>mknod /dev/ttyS4 c 4 68
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>Now, you should have a ttyS4 file in your /dev directory, and you
>should be ready to try ppp_on again.
>
>As for why you don't have a ttyS4 file, your guess is as good as
>mine. Perhaps whoever created the /dev devices in debian, assumed that
>you would only have 4 serial ports, which makes sense if you think
>about it I guess.
>
>Greg
>
>
>On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 11:28:24AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
>> Greg,
>> 
>> There is no /dev/ttyS4 file.  there is just ttyS1, ttyS2, and ttyS3.  How would this happen and how do I fix it?
>> 
>> I installed minicom and, as you would expect, it gave me the error that there was no device file.
>> 
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Best Regards from Ohio, U.S.A.
Vic
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