----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 08:45 Subject: Re: Installing modem.
> Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > >I did some more research this morning and the above isnt accurate. While it > >is what I experienced in KDE login as me and su to root. I ran minicom -s > >on the command line, as root, after reading the rather extensive manual > >(much more than one page). I was able to setup the modem dont know if it is > >right though. After exiting the setup I was in a screen that said, as the > >last line, cntl A-Z for help. No matter what I did it was not possible to > >even move the cursor. Cntl C or D also didnt do anything. Finally reset > >the system to get out. I did reissue the setserial command as listed and it > >appeared to work. That probable means that KDE is bad. Could this be > >happening because most of these programs were installed before the "nvidia" > >driver was installed? > >Regards; > >Hoyt > > > > > The modem is totally unrelated to the video driver. > KPPP may not be working, but that's a very small part of KDE, so it would be inaccurate to say that KDE is bad. > > When in minicom, if it's talking properly to the modem, you should be able to enter a command like: > ATZ > and your modem will respond with something like > OK > or > READY > > If you don't get such a response, something is still wrong with your modem/configuration. > > I wish I could give you more information, but I'm not that familiar with modems. I don't like dealing with modems, especially ones that aren't external on COM1 or COM2, and so avoid them whenever I can. All I can suggest is keep trying. > > -- > Kent > > > > -- > Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Ok thanks for trying. I'm not convinced that the hang up of minicom is unrelated yet. Regards; Hoyt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
