On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:53:36AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Cristiano Tavares - SP wrote: > > >Why can't I use my external modem with minicom even if the port is > >well configurd in minicom? > > > >Do I have to do anything else in shell? > > > > Is this a "real" external modem, or is it a USB "win-"modem? (Just > because it's USB does not mean it's a win-modem, but there's a high > chance of it.) > > Are you doing this as root or as a normal user? If a normal user, you > might need to add your user to the "dialout" and/or "dip" group. (I > always forget which one is necessary - you'd think "dialout", but then, > why can't I remember that if that's the case? Maybe I'm just senile.)
It's "dialout" for using minicom or talking directly to the serial port, "dip" for using pon/poff etc. Don't forget to log out and log in again after adding yourself to the group. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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