On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 01:51:44PM -0500, Idris S Hamid wrote:
> Well, the modem was unlocked when I rebooted into Linux, but still ``busy'' when
>queried. Note, however, that I ran ps ax after
> running pppd and ps ax did not list ppp, slhc, or nls_cp437.
>
ppp, slhc and nls are modules, not running processes (modules can be
considered pieces of code used by processes).
> >
> > You should see 2 serial ports...
>
> Well, I only have one serial port being recognized during bootup:
> tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A .
>
> I believe that this corresponds to COM1. Could this be the source of my
> problems? I ran `make xconfig' which, under `Character devices', listed
> `Standard/generic serial support' for ALL standard serial ports as being loaded
> as a single driver. So why does Linux only recognize one of my serial ports?
>
This is a strange thing... I suppose that your serial driver is compiled
static in kernel, so you have to inser parameters with lilo (or
loadlin). Check Bootprompt howto for this. At the moment I don't
remember wich parameters you have to use for serial ports. Try to look
at howtos...
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