> On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 07:45, Grant wrote: > > I had my the Lucent winmodem in my laptop working with a program called > > Penggy that dials up to AOL. Now when I try to use Penggy it > tells me there > > is no such file or directory called /dev/modem. I really don't > see how any > > modem setting could have been altered. I tried to re-install > the package > > that made the winmodem work before but it tells me it's already > installed. > > Does anyone have any idea how to get this modem recognized again? > > > > - Grant > > Check that the link (/dev/modem) actually exists; it could have been > blown out - also check that there exists the module that loads you modem > and aliases it in your /etc/modules.conf - you can test it with minicom > from a terminal - after minicom opens up, check it's setup/configuration > - and you should SHOULD be able to type in basic commands such as AT &V > (to view the configuration of the modem) and AT I4 for the modem NVRAM > info; what has changed or been reconfigured since it last worked?
Stephen, Thank you for your response. /dev/modem doesn't exist, but I guess it used to because I used to be able to dial up with Penggy. I'm not sure how to open minicom. I typed minicom into a terminal as root and as a regular user and it was just a "bad command". - Grant
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