Thanks Chris - I am not sure about the number of serial devices - probably not in reality, it is just that I have always used ttyS4 for this particular modem (suggested in the setup notes and the only one that seems to work).
However I will investigate it some more, and check the output of /proc/ioports I didn't know about that one. This is exactly the sort of info I was hoping for so thank you. Lance B -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:22:29 +1200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Set serial problem in 2.6.7 (Mepis Debian) On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:46, Lance Blackler wrote: > Hi Cluggers. > > I have rejoined the list for a while 'cause I am having a problem with > setting up my modem for the 2.6.7 kernel. > > Running Simple Mepis (Debian stable/unstable) on a PIII 800. > Modem is an Actiontec hardware PCI56K type (same as your one Yuri). > > It works fine on the 2.4.24 (I think - but not too important) kernel when I > run the following commands (got them down pat now :)) > > cd /dev > MKDEV ttyS4 > ln -s ttyS4 modem > chmod 666 ttyS4 > chmod 666 modem Is this _really_ ttyS4? check with the command:- cat /proc/ioports i.e. you actually have 5 serial line devices connected to the machine? If so, on 2.6 kernels you have to enable more devices. make menuconfig Device Drivers ---> Character devices ---> Serial drivers ---> Maximum number of non-legacy 8250/16550 serial ports change the number from 4 to what you have. > setserial modem autoconfig and then do this in a rc.local file appropriate to your distro, but use the actual parameters required. autoconfig is - imho - dangerous. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
