On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:18:22 -0400
"Tom Malone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tom,
First off - Welcome to Linux
OK then, a couple of points to start with..
You need to give us rather more information..
What kind of system do you have??
What kind of modem?
(You are dual booting with Windows - I see that from your headers :-)
Go to Control Panel --> Modems --> Properties (I think) and run the utility
which looks at the modem's internal registers. From there make a note as to
which Address and Port windows has the modem assigned to. Make a note of
what the modems Identification string is.
If that Id string or the modem labels in Control Panel --> Systems --> has
the characters 'DSF' or 'HCL' in it - then you may have a software modem
and it _MAY NOT_ (not _will_not_) be supported by Linux. This will mean
maybe a different approach.
OK Com Ports.
In Linux the serial ports are labeled /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1 and so on,
/dev/ttyS0 is the equivilent of Windows/MsDos Com1: and so on. So you need
to tell your dialer software where it it in the /dev/ttySx form. A side
note to that, I suggest that you do not assign your modem to Com1
(/dev/ttyS0) as the is a chance that your mouse regardless of type may also
be assigned there resulting in device conflicts.
Nuf to start with??
Write direct if you wish - I shall echo to the list.
Cheers
John
================
> I am having a lot of trouble configuring my modem. One problem is that I
> have never used Linux before - today is my first day. I just got Mandrake
> 8.0 installed, and I don't know where to go to configure the modem.
During
> install I told the configuration program that the modem was on COM2
(which i
> thought was correct, but i could be wrong) - other than that, I don't
know
> what info I can provide to help anyone determine what I did wrong. I
would
> be really grateful for any advice!
>
> TIA
>
> Tom Malone
>
>
>
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