System: IBM ThinkPad X21 with Ultrabay
Operating system Mandrake 10.0
GUI: Gnome (also tried KDE)
Modem: Hawkins Serial Modem (Hayes compatible)
The modem works perfectly on a serial port of a
Sun UltraSpark Workstation running Aurora Linux (a
version fo RedHat 7.3 ported to Sun)
Logical: /dev/modem points to /dev/ttyS0
COM1 port (ttyS0) - X21 Serial Port is Enabled in BIOS
Ultrabay: can locate and use diskette drive, mouse
port, RW-CD drive, USB devices
Problem: Cannot detect the serial modem located on
port ttyS0 on the Ultrabay, so I am unable to connect
to my ISP. (Note: the internal modem is a Lucent
Winmodem and so I prefer using the external modem)
Failures so far:
1. Gnome network device system tool - cannot
activate modem on ttyS0 (also kppp with KDE)
2. Minicom - no response from ttyS0
3. wvdial - no response from ttyS0
4. pppd - no response from ttyS0
5. Shell commands - no response
# echo atz > /dev/ttyS0
# echo atdt 6175551212 > /dev/ttyS0
6. ThinkPad diagnostic disk: everything OK
7. wvdialconfig - no modem detected
Help: can Linux be used to dial out on an external
modem located on a serial port of an Ultrabay
connected to a ThinkPad X21? If so, some simple
detailed instructions on how would be very, very much
appreciated.
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