Sorry the email came out looking like this. It was all broke up when i sent
it. As for minicom stating "can't" it did state just that. As for
ctrl-alt.del it did nto work either I did not however try Alt-f2.
I am using Linux Redhat 6.0 as for the kernal number I would not know
where to locate that. I have not tried the setserial command as of yet,
because I was nto sure how to place it. I did try the statserial which
should have giving me a reply back as to which piece of hardware was
assossiated with which Serial port. I will try the setserial though and see
how that helps.
Also pardon the sentence structure, it is not one of my strong suits.
At 06:11 PM 3/1/00 -0800, Ray Olszewski wrote:
>Please use more conventional capitalization, punctuation, and (especially)
>paragraphing in your postings. Avoid run-on sentences and quote both the
>commands you enter and the responses you get WORD FOR WORD (including the
>line breaks). I find stream-of-consciousness narratives very hard to follow.
>I'll do my best this time, but please make it easier on me (and probably
>others) in the future.
>
>1. You don't tell us the basics of your setup -- what Linux distribution,
>what version, and what kernel version. Immediate question: does whatever
>kernel you have installed include serial-port support?
>
>2. Linux doesn't detect external modems (or any modems, really) -- it
>detects serial ports. During the boot/init sequence, do you get messages
>reporting the presence of two serial ports?
>
>3. Nor does setserial configure modems; it too configures serial ports. I
>don't know what command you are describing when you say you "do" setserial,
>and the details matter -- always quote commands and error messages; don't
>tell us what you think they mean. So ... if you enter these two commands:
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS0
> setserial /dev/ttyS1
>
>... what do they report?
>
>4. Do you understand that in Linux, /dev/ttyS1 is equivalent to COM2? Is
>that the serial port that you have your modem on?
>
>5. I'm sorry, but I won't even try to read the minicom stuff you sent -- no
>line breaks, no way to distinguish your words from the errors messages,
>failure to quote word for word (surely minicom didn't say "cant" where
>"can't" or "cannot" is needed) ... just too hard to follow.
>
>6. One thing about minicom, though. You write:
>
>>it is like itlocks up if i do
>>it from my root before using startx the only way out is to shut off and on
>>the PC to get out of it.
>
>Only way? What have you tried? Can you do a CRTL-ALT-DEL reboot? Can you
>switch to another vt (ALT-F2, for example)?
>
>At 05:43 PM 3/1/00 -0800, P wrote:
>>Please HELP. I am new to linux like very new. I tried to use linux a year
>>ago but was not able to configure my modem to it so scraped it when we
>>found out i was using a winmodem. I just bought an external modem, it is an
>>Aopen FM56-EX2_56000. It was installed before i installed linux but for
>>somereason Linux did not detect it during its install. I have tryed ln -s
>>/dev/ttyS1 /dev/modem i get the reply back telling me symbolic link has
>>been made. However when i do statserial to find out what IRQ and IO the
>>modem is on i get no response. I try to use minicom and after doing the
>>port set up i save as dfl then click exit and the screen goes to one "cant
>>stat dev/modem (no such file) tty-10.c: process 861 (minicom) use
>>obsolete/dev/cua1 - update software to use. then the next line is that
>>Says welcome to minicom 1.82 then the next line reads press ctrl -A Z for
>>help on special keys
>>but when i hit any other keys nothing happens it is like itlocks up if i do
>>it from my root before using startx the only way out is to shut off and on
>>the PC to get out of it. Can any one offer any suggestions on what I am
>>doing wrong or where I can find more information on how to get this program
>>talking with my modem. I work on line and really need to use the modem if i
>>am to use this program. Also please be gentle on me with your terminoligy
>>as I have said I am very new to linux. Also if you can suggest an easier
>>way to get my modem working I am all Ears (eyes)
>>Patrick
>
>
>------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
>Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
>Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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