Modem question

Mark Szidik szidikm@mlc.lib.mi.us
Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:06:09 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Adam McDougall wrote:

> do you have a /dev/MAKEDEV script/program?  If so, try
> cd /dev
> ./MAKEDEV ttys01



I tried this recently and the program whined that it doesnt know how to
make such a device. 

Weird stuff.


-Mark





> 
> 
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Mark Szidik wrote:
> 
> > 
> > At home I am running RH 7.0 (upgraded from 6.1)  and used to have no
> > trouble connecting to the 'net using the KDE PPP dialer.
> > 
> > Now I always get a "modem is busy" response from the dialer.  (it does
> > not dial or go off hook at all)
> > 
> > I have an external modem on COM2.  I always used to use /dev/ttyS1 to
> > access the modem.  Since the "upgrade" it does not work anymore.
> > 
> > In /var/log/dmesg I noticed that the kernel recognizes the two serial
> > ports as /dev/ttyS00 and /dev/ttyS01.  The weird thing is there is no
> > entry for these devices in the /dev tree.  
> > 
> > How can I make these device files?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
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