Yeah thats true it's not a wam bam thankyou mam situation and redhat don't
provide any documentation on the topic either which is a shame on one hand
but good on the other because it forces you to learn how to do it yourself
:)
-----Original Message-----
From: Akintayo Holder [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 25 January 1999 8:27
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-newbie list
Subject: Re: Modem setup problems
Peter kazdera wrote:
>
> Hi all :)
>
> Sorry to bother you with this probably age old question but I'm having
difficulty setting up
> my internal 56k modem on Linux It is set to com4 irq3 but linux still
can't see it
>
> I was just wondering if there is any special way of setting up the modem
aside from telling
> linux that it is on com 4 within xwindows
setserial
DISPLAY
#setserial /dev/modem or /dev/cua2 in your case will show the info for
the port
or
#setserial -g /dev/cua0
SET
#setserial -a /dev/cua2 port 0x03e8 irq 10 uart 16550A
this is the command I used to setup my modem
1 if you have a PnP modem you will have to isapnptools or some other
approach to configure the actual modem if not you get to set the jumpers
on your modem
2 then setserial to configure Linux to recognize your settings.
The best source may be the new MODEM HOWTO
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
I do not think they have a section on isapnptools though.
I am not sure but my RH 5 had a modem setup that merely made a link from
/dev/modem to /dev/cua2. This is not even the tip of the iceberg - took
me 3 months to figure out what I had to do. If you need any help just
ask - I need testimonials to convince my friends.
>
> I'm running redhat 5.2
