Wade....when you decided that your modem was on com2 and therefore changed the configuration to ttys1, did you disable the motherboard com2 in the system bios? Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am still without a connection to the internet. I am starting to wonder if > I perhaps should consider re-installing? Everything seems to be working > just beautifully. I still am lost as to what I am missing to get my modem > to work (no it is not a winmodem). I have a Creative labs Modem Blaster 56K > v.90/K56 type modem. > > What have I done thus far; > > I have set 'kppp' > configured my modem and connection using 'LinuxConf' > and 'NetConf' > I have checked my ppp0 configuration in 'ifup' > > I have also gone root and run; > > less /var/log/messages > > which generated over 2000 lines of output (I haven't even been online with > it yet :)) > > I was unable to find anything helpful to me there. > > Then I made the only change that resulted in any change and that was I > reset the com port > aka ttyS2 I changed to ttyS1 and I got some movment. After which when I > tell kppp to dial instead of the old message that said "looking for modem" > it now says "initializing modem" which seemed at first like an improvement > however I have yet to figure out what else it is requiring. > > Also when I run /sbin/ifup ppp0 it reports "taking longer than expected to > complete" > failed to activate ppp0 with error 8 & error 9 > > Also I have changed the init string from the old ATZ to; > AT&FE0V1S0=0&C1&D2+MR=2;+DR=1;+ER=1;W0 > as per recommendations from "Ask Mr. Modem". > > Similarly when I run mount /dev/cdrom2 I get > 'is not a valid block device > return 32 > " > checking permissions > " > " > " > > I guess I am wondering, if I reinstall can I do a better job at configuring > my modem and my second cdrom etc from DrakX with a fresh install? > Also I think I used the supermount option, and from what I have read here > it may be better for me to not use that option. > > Thanks for any and all input. > > b/web > Wade > > PS - Did I say I LOVE this OS?
