Hello Mark Twenhafel (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I'm pretty newbie in spite of first learning about Linux back in the > comp.os.minix, kernel 0.9 days. > The problem I'm having involves getting a modem recognized by the os. > I installed the current stable boot-floppies distribution (woody > 3.0r2, idepci flavor) on a IA32 beige box. The install system didn't > recognize the USRobotics 56k Performance Pro PCI modem. When queried, > I set the port as COM3, since that's where W2K puts it. Later I read > that I should have specified the N-1 port number, S2. > > How/Where do I fix this? Use the pppconfig program, and pon/poff to dial. The device file should be /dev/ttyS2. If you want to dial as a user, add yourself to the dip group. If the modem can be used without any additional drivers, it should work out of the box. If it is a controllerless modem (winmodem), you probably have to get a driver. In that case take a look at <http://linmodems.org>. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
