On Friday 16 April 2004 20:41, Anna-Marie and Douglas wrote: > I finally succeeded in compiling my modem driver. I have checked that the > correct files were generated, and I now have a /dev/modem. /dev/modem is normall a symbolic link to the real device.
It could well not be pointing at the actual device correctly. please could you post the result from this command:- ls -l /dev/modem and this one:- ls -lL /dev/modem > What I don't have is any action. I tried to set it up using DrakConnect > under Mandrake 9.2, but it finished the whole sequence with the profoundly > useless message "You are not connected to the internet". I knew that > already. > > What to do? What can I check? We need a little bit more detail, please could you can tell us what type of modem it is, and what file you compiled. To test out naughty modems you will need to be able to 'talk' to it. Minicom is an application which can do this well. You might care to load it. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
