You were right. My modem is a Winmodem. Just learned that
U.S Robotics 56K is a winmodem, so I'm lost.
This is relly booring. But now, at least, I know what
the problem is.
/Michelle
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Geof Goodrum wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Michelle Sihdu wrote:
>
> > What I tried to do was to set up a PPP-connection from
> > my linux first by using linuxconf, that didn't work.
> > The modem wasn't calling and the /var/log/messages
> > said nothing but:
> > tcgetattr: input/output error(5)
> > Wich I also don't understand.
> >
> > So I thought, forget ppp and get the modem work,
> > at least call. I tried with minicom, the same result,
> > a quiet modem.
>
> Your instinct to get the modem working with minicom before ppp is exactly
> right.
>
> One issue to be aware of is that Linux does not support so-called
> "Winmodems" that require Windows software drivers. These modems are pretty
> common, especially in newer bundled systems. This could account for the
> modem working in Windows but not Linux.
>
> Check your modem model against the Linux compatibility database at
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html.
>
> > After that I started to look at the packages and by
> > misstake I removed ppp: rpm -e ppp
> >
> > So I reinstalled it from my cd, and started by
> > reading the README files.
> > In /usr/doc/ppp-2.3.4-1/README.linux it sais, step 1:
> > from the top level of the directory of pppd run:
> > ./configure
> ...
>
> Ignore the installation instructions in the README; it assumes you are
> installing from the source code, not a package-based distribution. While
> in the directory of .rpm files on your installation CD-ROM, do 'rpm -Uvh
> ppp-2*.rpm' to reinstall the package.
>
> BTW, the latest version (currently 2.3.10) can be found in RPM format at
> ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/.
>
> > Perhaps I should mention that I am using the modem from
> > windows, COM2, and it works fine. From linux I have used
> > /dev/cua1
>
> FWIW, try to use the /dev/ttyS1 device instead of the cua (or
> '/dev/modem') device. The cua devices are being phased out.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Geof Goodrum
>
>
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