hi ya todd... there are a few that say "don't bother trying to get winmodem" to work with linux... it's problems galore...one after another... your /dev/modem problem is a simple link problem since you did NOT define which modem minicom is to use ( /etc/minirc.dfl ) have fun alvin > I had a pnp modem and soundcard work with linux by doing the following: > > I booted the devices into windows and set their irq's etc. When the pnp > bios I use for the linux servers boots up, it initializes the cards and > you just simply can tell linux what irq, com port, etc your devices would > need to use. > > This worked for me on soundblaster 16 pnp back before we had the linuxpnp > drivers, this was also a slackware install *cough* :) > > But....your can't open /dev/modem is a totally common error for a > first-run minicom session. Follow my recommendations on changing the > settings on option A in the serial port setup in minicom. Make sure you > save the changes as .dfl when your on your way out after changing that > option. > > >From that point on your won't have to run minicom as root with the -s > switch. > > JB > > > On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Todd B. Smith wrote: > > > never mind about the minicom error, does anybody have a > > > > Diamond Multimedia SupraExpress 336i PnP ? > > > > I think it's not letting Linux see it because it's a winmodem, and i'd > > like to try to fix it. > > > > -- > > _______________ > > Todd Smith > > Perl Programmer > > ITC^Deltacom > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > /---------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------\ > | Joseph Barnhart | IRC | HellSouth Communications | > | Technician / Ops | MUD | http://ns.hellsouth.com/bb | > | Florida Digital Turnpike | 56k Dialup | AoHELL.Org / www.aohell.org | > | http://www.fdt.net | ISDN T1 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | http://fdt.net/~flaboy | Web Hosting | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | http://www.hellsouth.com | Bot Shells | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > \---------------------------- 352-372-5100 ------------------------------/ > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
