----- Original Message ----- From: "John Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 05:36 Subject: Re: Installing modem.
> Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 19:07 > >Subject: Re: Installing modem. > > > > > > > > > >>Hoyt Bailey wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>>You say "ttyS3 is different from ttyS0 & ttyS1"; um, yes. They're > >>>>different files. Maybe you mean something else when you say they're > >>>>"different"? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Yes, from dmesg: > >>>Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ > >>>SERIAL_PCI enabled > >>>ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > >>>ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > >>>Redundant entry in serial pci_table. Please send the output of > >>>lspci -vv, this message (12b9,1008,12b9,00d3) > >>>and the manufacturer and name of serial board or modem board > >>>to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>ttyS04 at port 0xd000 (irq = 19) is a 16550A > >>> > >>> > >>It looks like you have two serial ports on your motherboard (00 & 01), > >>in addition to your modem on 04. Apparently the PCI bus is getting > >>confused somehow. You might want to go into the BIOS and temporarily > >>disable the built-in serial ports, and see what that does for you. > >> > >> > >> > >>>I have sent the requested message to the sourceforge.net. with a cc to > >>> > >>> > >this > > > > > >>>list. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Why are you trying to transfer dmesg to floppy? Without knowing the > >>>>exact command you used, as whom, in what directory, it's hard to say > >>>>what might have gone wrong with your copy attempt. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Because somewhere in the diddleing I came across dmesg as the log file > >>> > >>> > >which > > > > > >>>I didnt know and thought it might have something that would help. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>But I'm unsure why you'd want to copy it to floppy. If you need it in a > >>file form, you can: > >>dmesg > dmesg.txt > >>and then copy dmesg.txt to wherever you want it, including floppy. If > >>you just want to see the dmesg messages, you can: > >>dmesg | more > >> > >> > >> > > > >I need to transport stuff to windows to make a hard copy &/or to include in > >an emale. Floppy is the only way I have to do that. > > > > > > > >>>>What happens with the command: > >>>>echo "ATDT555-1234" > /dev/ttyS3 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Nothing absolutely nothing and I can hear my modem sending. Dont have > >>>another number I can call. > >>> > >>> > >>This I don't understand; you say it's doing "nothing absolutely nothing" > >>and then immediately say you hear the modem sending, which means it's > >>doing something. Either it's doing nothing or it's doing something. > >>Which is it? > >> > >> > > > >How about: When and if the modem dials my ISP I can hear The modem output > >untill a connection is made. I can assure you the modem is doing nothing on > >either ttys3 or ttys4. > > > > > > > >>I also assume you didn't really use the bogus number "555-1234"? You > >>want to use a real number, say to your cell phone, or a second line, or > >>to the local time & temperature (I didn't say that - no one can prove I > >>did) and listen to the modem speaker for the time/temp announcement. If > >>this works, that means the computer is seeing your modem, your modem is > >>seeing the phone line, and the modem can dial out. > >> > >> > >> > > > >I used both the bogus number and my ISP's number & nothing happened. I dont > >think the modem is smart enough to know wheather the number is valid or not > >and a busy signal or error message from SBC is good enough. By the way the > >town is too small for time & temp and cell phone service stops at my frount > >door. Outside it works inside forget it. > > > > > > > > > >>-- > >>Kent > >> > >> > >> > >What program generated the connection between the modem's 8 I/O lines > >d000-d007 and /dev/ttyS3 and what would happen if I rm /dev/ttyS4 and maybe > >/dev/ttyS3 as well and remade, with MAKEDEV, ttyS3 and then run the program > >that makes the original connection. > >Regards; > >Hoyt > > > > > > I think it would be a good idea if you would try a diferent aproach. > Since you have some problems configuring it by hand, I suggest > using kppp wich is a very nice and userfriendly interface for configuring > modems and serial line connections. > In the times I used the phone line I used it and it would work on first > time ever ! > Try it - apt-get install kppp > ( I hope you have KDE, I don't kow if it will run as a standallone...) > > John > Have KDE kppp not installed. Installed with KDE Package Manager. Ran it and configured the modem. Pressed the connect button, wouldnt you know, the modem was busy. That was a good idea how about another. Regards; Hoyt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
