Well, ok, I apologize for the subject, but it seemed sort of apropos. I
am having problems with figuring out which serial port my modem is on. I
am using a SuSE Linux 6.0 system.
I have a working modem connection that uses an internal 28.8 modem. It
is on /dev/ttyS3. I want to install an external 56K modem, and I have
attached it to both of the serial port connections coming out of the back
of my computer. The modem came with a cable that has one male 9-pin
RS232 connector on one end and one 9-pin and one 25-pin RS232 connector
on the other end. I connected the male end to the modem and both of the
female ends to the computer. I figured that with both cables connected,
one was bound to work. :-)
I am following the instructions in the Serial How-To, but I haven't found
any instructions there for determining which ttyS# you are using. I have
downloaded the latest Kermit distribution from the www.Columbia.edu site
(If anyone can tell me where Kermit is in the SuSE distribution, I would
be grateful) and have tried to use it to connect with the new modem.
That hasn't worked yet though, and I get the following messages:
/dev/ttyS0:
Kermit tells me it is connecting to ttyS0, and gives me an escape
character (CTL-\) which doesn't work and then waits until I give it 'kill
-HUP PID'.
/dev/ttyS1:
I get "Sorry, can't open connection: /dev/ttyS1".
/dev/ttyS2:
I get "/dev/ttyS2 is not a terminal device".
/devttyS3 is the device that my current, functioning 28.8 modem is on.
I thought I would be able to get a connection to the new modem before I
had to shut the "old" on down, but that isn't working out. Can any one
give me a tip here?
TIA,
Sean.
Theo. Sean Schulze
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