Re: modem config.............

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Ross wrote:

> i didn't mean to start a debate here guy's. all i wanted to know is how
> to configure my modem?

Tough ;) When we techies disagree, we *disagree* ;)) Apologies to all
those who had no idea what triviality we were arguing over.....

> LINUX does not use IRQ 3 so I'm assuming the PNP system hasn't picked
> it up. I've tried to run kppp with a standard fresh install of rh6.0 and
> also after compiling the new 2.2.13 kernel with as many relevant parts
> compiled in, on both occasions it reports that the modem is busy!

First off, you may want to look at the Modem-HOWTO, it'll be on your
computer or linux CD comewhere. This will cover a lot of ground for you,
and has detailed instructions on: serial ports, isapnp, etc. It'll tell
you far more than you ever need to know ;)

You'll probably need to setup setserial, something like:
setserial /dev/ttys1 irq 3

.. although COM2==IRQ3 is a default, it should be set like that already.

I believe setserial also has an autoconf option or something. Anyway, you
should be able to tell it to use COM2, IRQ 3 for talking to the modem. you
may also want to make a symbolic link to /dev/modem:
ln -s /dev/ttys1 /dev/modem
(I may have those last two parameters reversed; it's my favourite
mistake;)

Then see if kppp can talk to it.

> i hope this is enough information for a few of you, at least, to agree
> some common ground on this subject.

Ho ho, I doubt that ;). Generally, we're usually in the right area though.
. . ;)) Please to come back if you still can't get it going, and do try
reading the Modem-HOWTO: they're very easy to read, and you may find you
get places quicker than by asking here. I don't know about other people,
but I usually don't give people solutions to their problems for the first
three or four attempts, although quite often I get there eventually ;))

Cheers,

Alex.

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