[ale] New to the game

[Dow Hurst]

A pluginplay modem will not necessarily keep the same settings between booting Windows or Linux.  You should try all possible com ports.  Also, you might have a utility under Gnome that will tell you your current IRQ settings and addresses.  I think your best bet though is the setserial program.  Once you know what setserial tells you, then you can use it in your boot sequence.  Put a line in /etc/init.d/boot.local, or your equivalent of that file, that says to set your serial ports the way you want under Linux.  You manage the serial ports under Linux, not the other way round!
Dow


>>> "Pilar Losada" <LosadaP at wanadoo.es> 12/24/01 12:49 PM >>>
I give it a shot and let you know what happens. Since the modem is on com4,
( internal) I will start with ttyS04 and work my way backwards

Thanks for your help


Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: Pilar Losada <LosadaP at wanadoo.es>
Cc: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] New to the game


> Pilar Losada wrote:
> >
> > Forgive me, but I am not sure what Minicom is .
>
> Do the following:
>
> ls -l /usr/bin/minicom
>
> Does it exist?  What happens if you execute it?
>
> Also try the following:
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS0
> setserial /dev/ttyS1
>
> What is returned?
>
> Check out /var/log/messages for boot information regarding your serial
> ports.
>
> >
> >  The modem was turned on. I tried Com1 and LPT1.  I have an internal
> > "WinModem on  on Com3. Linux does not see it. I did try  echo to
> >  /dev/ttyS0 -4. I had no luck.  The modem does have a 25 pin centronix
> > conector.  I also used the Dip -t program and that did not help either.
I
> > Yesterday, someone recommended that I try www.linmod.com.  I have not
had a
> > chance I will try this today.
>
> The site is http://www.linmodems.org/ do check it out.
>
> Check out the linmodem howto:
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linmodem-HOWTO.html
>
> >
> > Thanks for you help,
> >
> > Andy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net>
> > To: Pilar Losada <LosadaP at wanadoo.es>
> > Cc: <ale at ale.org>
> > Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 2:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ale] New to the game
> >
> > > I'd start out by trying to communicate with the modem via minicom.
Was
> > > the modem turned on when you fired up kudzu?
> > >
> > > You mentioned lpt1, your modem doesn't have a parallel port does it?
> > >
> > > How many serial ports do you have, might you have connected your modem
> > > to ttyS1 rather then ttyS0?
> > >
> > > For future reference, com1 == ttyS0, com2 == ttyS1 on a linux box.
> > >
> > > > Pilar Losada wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > My name is Andy Whitten. I am from Atlanta,  but I have been living
in
> > > > Spain now for the past year or so.  I am brand new to Linux. I have
> > > > just installed Red 7.0  on my home PC. I was able to configure
> > > > everything but the modem. I know that Linux does not really do the
Win
> > > > modem thing. I have got a Zoltrix 33.6 speed modem. I know; it is
slow
> > > > and old, but I got it for free; what can I say. I have tried hooking
> > > > it up to Com1 and to LPT1.   Kudzu can not find it when I boot up.
I
> > > > have used the dip -t program and I have tried echo atdt and all
> > > > that. I have had no luck.  Apart from going out and getting a new
3com
> > > > modem, does anyone have any advice for me.
> > > >
> > > > Kindest Regards,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Andy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > PS. My question should get less trivial. I have signed up for a
Linux
> > > > Class here in January.  By the way, can anyone recommend some good
> > > > certificaion books. I would like to try for the Linux +
certification
> > > > in June.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Until later: Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
> > >
> > > "...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users
> > > that
> > > are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation
available."
> > > - David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research
> > > - http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html
> > >
>
> --
> Until later: Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
>
> "...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users
> that
> are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation available."
> - David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research
> - http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html
>



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