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
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> 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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