On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 08:09:01PM -0500, JAMES MERRITT wrote: (Please set your linewraps to something between 72 and 80 chars)
> I have a US Robotics USR5699B PCI modem and I am trying to get it
> installed under Debian Woody. According to Windows, it is installed
> on COM5, IRQ 11.
>
> Under Debian, I had to create the com port as ttyS5, then use
> setserial /dev/ttyS5 irq 11. Then I tried using wvdial and that does
> not work, apparently it does not recognize the port. I don't remember
> the exact error messages. Since I am using KDE, I tried using kppp,
> but kpp does not give the choice of /dev/ttyS5.
>
> 1. Will this modem work under Debian or am I wasting my time?
>
> 2. If it will work, how do I get kppp to recognize /dev/ttyS5? Of
> more to the point, how do I get this modem to work?
I have no idea whether that modem will work or not, but I do know that
since Windows starts counting at 1, where Linux starts at 0, you're
probably looking for /dev/ttys4.
Cheers!
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