Okay. Here is the drill:
1. Make sure the /dev/modem entry exists ("ls -l /dev/modem"). Based on your
description, it should be a symlink to /dev/cua2 or /cev/ttyS2 (the latter
is actually preferred on newer systems and will soon be mandatory). Probably
this is all you need to do, but I've included the rest of the comments belwo
just in case the problem isn't this simple. If it isn't there, make the link
(you need to be root) with the command "ln -s /dev/ttyS2 /dev/modem").
2. Make sure Linux recognizes the presence of a serial port on the modem
device ("setserial /dev/cua2"). If this command reports back a UART type,
you're probably okay. If it reports "UART unknown" or worde to that effect
(I forget the exact message), then you have a hardware problem to resolve.
See #3 and #4.
3. If you have a hardware problem to resolve from #2, first make sure that
you have a real modem, not a "Winmodem" (unless you've already done this, of
course). Check the documentation that came with the modem, and if you have
MSDOS (not Windows) available, see if a standard MSDOS terminal program like
Telix or ProComm ill work with the modem.
4. If the Winmodem issue is resolved satisfactorily, you probably have a PnP
problem. I don't have expertise in isapap, bu that's where to look.
At 12:50 AM 1/29/99 -0500, Koyote wrote:
>
> Okay, maybe I'm just being stupid and missing the obvious here,
>but I'm having a bit of trouble with getting my modem running under
>Linux. (Part of it may be the time crunch- I have three jobs until the
>s.o. graduates next year....not much time to figure this out.)
> I can't get minicom to do anything. period.
>
> I'm using a K56Flex pnp modem, set to cua2 (COM3), and the box
>knows this (although minicom may not?)
> I've run isapnp to set up the modem.
> I run minicom -s and select "modem" and it bombs, because it
>cannot find /dev/modem.
> How do I get minicom to recognize cua2? Or am I missing something
>here???
>
>TIA
>Koyote
>
>
>
>
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