first charley... can you access the bios (CMOS) setup when the computer
starts, and turn OFF "plug and pray aware OS" (since *nix -like linux- are
not plug and pray aware OS) then run (SU to root in a console window -
without the quotes-) "cat /proc/pci" and read the info printed out...
looking for a communication controller or something... that will tell you
the info to setup a "setserial" command. post the info or e-mail me and I
will try to help. I would bet USR or 3com would have some info on their
website too
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charley & Peggy Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 5:59 PM
Subject: [newbie] MODEM Com port?
> I'm using a 3-Com (USR) MD-U56P2977 PCI hardware (they told me)
> MODEM. The BIOS in the 'pooter assigned it to Com 5, according to win
> dev mgr. Trouble is, X or Gnome deal only with Coms 1 - 4, so I can't
> reconfigure the SW in a GUI. Sadly, I don't know enuff yet to do it in
> console mode. I've been searching MUO, MNO, etc, but haven't found any
> specific info yet.
>
> Can anyone tell me where the info is stored and how to access/change
> the com port?
>
> TIA,
>
> Charley
>
>
