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| 376720 | 2005-07-29 21:56:00 | I guess com port numbers are the same for windows and linux so why is my modem shown as on COM 6 under linux when it is on COM 1 and no COM 6 is in the linux list of available ports |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 376721 | 2005-07-30 02:43:00 | Well, they aren't the same. ;) Unix has always numbered things starting from 0. So the DOS COM1 is serial port 0 to Linux. I assume that you mean the socket marked "COM1" when you say "when it is on COM1". :D However, your question is a bit confusing. Linux doesn't call anything "COMx". It's got its own, logical, names for serial ports. :cool: |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 376722 | 2005-07-30 04:05:00 | When I connect in Xandros it says connecting COM6 and I do not have a com6 in my list of available ports. It is not a big problem but I would like to know if (and I am not sure how)I delete my present connection and start again I would gain anything as I have been getting blips when connecting and when connected to paradise and I have no way of knowing if the blips are mine or server problems. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 376723 | 2005-07-30 04:27:00 | I don't know why Xandros would call it "COM6". It might be trying to look like Windows. :( However, the connection software would look for "/dev/modem", which is a soft link to the actual hardware device. (ls -l /dev/modem in a terminal will show you what it has.) If the connection does connect, what the device is called internally doesn't affect the way it works. Any "blips" happening might be a further attempt to "look and behave like Windows". :thumbs: |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 376724 | 2005-07-30 06:49:00 | Thanks Graham, I would not let Bill see you talking like that or you may get yr "windows" cut off. |
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