On Fri, 16 Apr 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. > > 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?
1. check that the module(s) is/are actually inserted in the kernel (lsmod) 2. check that there is a device for the modem - /dev/modem will usually be a symbolic link to the actual device like /dev/tts/ttyL0 - or whatever setup your system uses. Check with ls -l /dev/modem 3. at the same time check permission on whatever /dev/modem is pointing to. Its no good looking at the permissions of /dev/modem, you need to look at the actual device - using my example above: ls -l /dev/tts/ttyL0 you may need to put the user who wants to dial out into the group that owns the device (possibly the uucp group) 4. use mincom to see if you can access the modem. Run minicom and set it to use /dev/modem and try running some at commands to the modem atz is usually a good start :-) 5. If that seems to work use something like kppp to get up and going.
