Hi Thanks for the help. I greatly appreciate your taking the effort to respond.
Unfortunately I do not understand exactly you are saying in relation to this issue most like because I did not phrase the question correctly. Also I had forgotten that this is a dual boot box ( I try to forget the other half.) so all I had to do to check if it is /dev/ttyS0 or /Dev/ttyS1 was check Hyperlink. I definitely have com1 which is of course /dev/ttyS0 so I reset that in minicom accordingly. Which I believes brings me up to the issue of minicom not seeing the modem which I believe you addressed as: > Either you don't have a link to the correct comport in /dev or its set > pointing to the wrong device. > > If its com1 then do as root; > cd /dev > rm modem > ln -s ttyS0 modem All well and good but here is where fear of trying the above and destroying what I have combines with ignorance to produce intransigence. Simply put I do not have a modem connected to the serial port. My modem is an internal modem which works very well on Kppp. What I have connected to the serial port is a null modem cable so that I can transfer files from one computer to a special process computer with the only access being a serial port. Now for the principal issue. If I issue the above commands will that screw up Kppp from seeing the builtin modem and stop normal Internet connections. Thanks Frank On Sunday 02 February 2003 04:38, pa3gcu wrote: > On Saturday 01 February 2003 22:10, Frank Robers _ SOTL wrote: > > Hi All > > > > Sorry for the posting. I have tried for two weeks to find my previous set > > of Minicom notes but. > > > > Anyway hopefully some nice person will help. > > > > I have this computer connected to another computer by null modem cable. > > This is not the first time for this so I know that the other computer is > > working correctly but on this box I reinstalled the system after a major > > screw up. Apparently that was when I lost my minicom notes. > > > > Anyways I have two serial port possibilities /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1. > > If memory serves me correctly I used ttyS0 previously but either way I > > have tried both. > > IIRC, most distro's link /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS1 as default, or dont set > it at all. > > > The problem is that minicom does not see the serial port and I never > > establish a connection. > > Either you dont have a link to the correct comport in /dev or its set > pointing to the wrong device. > > If its com1 then do as root; > cd /dev > rm modem > ln -s ttyS0 modem > > > Again if I recall correctly I had to issue a command from the terminal to > > initiate so that minicom would see the serial port but I can not recall > > the command. > > minicom -s ? > > Set minicom up properly and make sure its now using /dev/modem, ? > > > Damn I wish I had my notes back. > > > > Anyway hopefully some one will know what I am talking about and can help. > > > > Thanks > > > > Frank - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
