On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, robert havoc pennington wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, impale wrote: > > What is the difference between /dev/cua? and /dev/ttyS? ? > > > > See the PPP HOWTO for one explanation. Essentially cua? is obsolete, > ignore it and use ttyS?. > > Havoc Pennington > Okay, I'm pretty new to linux but I have my version up and running on my laptop just fine and I can say this about /dev/cua* It is NOT obsolete. The only way that I can connect to my modem (which is a pcmcia card) is through /dev/cua1. I tried many times to connect to my ISP through /dev/ttyS1, 2, 3 (it should be 1 because that is what the com port is) and nothing happened. When I switched to /dev/cua1 everything worked. - John Kloss -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .