Mario Melendez Esquivel wrote:
> Normally the modem echoes back the characters you type, if there's no
> modem no characters will be returned and so you won't see anything, if
> you turn on local echo you're actually having your terminal echo back
> the characters so you'll see them.
So I am correct in assuming that a correctly configured modem will echo
characters, or is the blank screen par for the course.
>
> > the output for setserial is 16550A 0x02f8 irq:3 the same as in win95,
> > when I cat /proc/interrupts irq 3 is free - not listed.
>
> Check that you're using the correct COM port (I access mine as
> /dev/ttyS?, not as /dev/cua? as many people do) and that you have the
> spd_vhi flag set for your COM port.
Yes the /dev/modem link is to cua1 (COM 2), i think RH uses cua instead.
Do I set the flag with setserial ?
> ^A D for minicom's autodial. Else atdp1234567 at the prompt where
> 1234567 is the number you want to dial.
> Raider
I can't get the prompt, so the problem is not in minicom ?.
And my ps2 mouse does not use irq 3.
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