Forum Home
Press F1
 
Thread ID: 43666 2004-03-23 03:34:00 linux modem problem cirrus (5432) Press F1
Post ID Timestamp Content User
224453 2004-03-23 03:34:00 I have installed red hat 9.0 from a set of cd's as a second operating system. the system recognises the printer conected to the usb port but not the printer conected to the parallel port. but the bigroblem is the modem if i specifie /ttyS0 or ttyS1 and try to connect it tels me it is initialising the modem and that is all that happens. if i set it to either /ttyS3 or ttyS4 it returns with modem is busy and no go.
how can fix this problem.
cirrus (5432)
224454 2004-03-23 03:49:00 Is it a win modem? I had a similar problem as my internal modem was a winmodem. So I went out and bought an external modem. That did the trick. Linux recognised the external modem ok. fatboy (5431)
224455 2004-03-23 04:46:00 Best place to start is:

http://www.linmodems.org
simono (5433)
224456 2004-03-23 11:41:00 I used a Lucent Win Modem with a driver from the above address.
Worked a treat.
Mzee (158)
224457 2004-03-23 12:02:00 Which COM port is the modem actually on (COM1 = ttyS0, COM4 = ttyS3).

Try making a soft link like:

ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem
JohnD (509)
224458 2004-03-24 02:46:00 Almost all the software which uses a modem requires it to be " /dev/modem". /dev/modem is a symbolic link which should be set to point to the appropriate "hardware address". Linmodems ("Winmodems" need a driver,and, because the modem isn't on a physical serial port, might not be addressed by /dev ttyS0-3 ...

Click on "the hat" and browse through the hardware setup options.
Graham L (2)
1