On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Butler, Katrina (New) wrote:
> I am currently studying and one of our subjects is Linux. We are using
> Slackware and cannot get Linux to receive. We are getting the RING RING
> RING on the screen but cannot answer the call. I believe we have to
> configure Linux to receive, but I cannot find any documentation on this.
Did you check the Linux HOWTO guides. The following lists the major HOWTO
guides.
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
There is one labeled Modem-HOWTO
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/LDP/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
There is a section specific to dialin modems.
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/LDP/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-11.html
Alternatively a search in google on some key words such as "linux modem
answer ring" http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+modem+answer+ring
lists as its first result the modem HOWTO.
> We can dial out fine and the modem is initialising properly
Basically you want to change the program that watches your serial port
from one that expects a terminal to one that understands a modem, such as
the mgetty program.
For example my /etc/inittab line used to say
T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
to use a terminal on the first serial line. I changed it to
T0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x4 -s 57600 -D ttyS0
to get mgetty to monitor the port. You will have to follow the
instructions for setting up mgetty but its not hard and it will let you
know all that you need to do.
> My name is Katrina and I can be contacted on 0403 226 777. We have class
> from 6 - 9 every Tuesday night and for the last two weeks have got
> absolutely nowhere and the teacher is also not sure what to do.
Maybe the first part of the course should be on how to find appropriate
documentation when you want to do something. Once learned you will be able
to track down answers to a lot of your Linux questions.
Of course there is also you friendly Linux Users Group to help when you
get stuck.
Good luck in your course.
Rodos
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