[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com> wrote: > Hi all > > Recently started with mdk 9.0 on a stand-alone home desktop. Had to > obtain a driver courtesy of the good people at MBSI to work my > winmodem. The documentation says this enables access to the modem as > ttySHCF0. Kppp was using /dev/modem as a symlink to ttyS0, so I > changed that to ttySHCF0, and everything worked fine. > > Except that after I restart X (been installing fonts) by init 1 then > init 5 as root, kppp simply says 'sorry the modem doesn't respond', > which was what it said before the driver was loaded and before > /dev/modem was pointed to the right place. /dev/modem still points to > ttySHCF0. Rebooting fixes the problem, but is inelegantly reminiscent > of the reasons I've come to Linux in the first place. > > Can anyone explain this admittedly minor irritation and advise how to > correct it? > > Thanks > Richard
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