On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:32:51PM -0700, Jason Hataye wrote: > > I've finally got around to installing a new linux system with Red Hat > 7.1 this week, so thanks for your comments a few weeks ago! I have > another question for you. I can't seem to get my modem to work. I know > it works because I used linux kernel 2.2.16 with it before, and also I > can use it with MS windows. > > I'm somewhat confused and baffled. Here's the immediate problem(s) > > 1) the kppp PPP program I'm using--when I attempt to initialize the > modem, a window pops up saying "modem isn't responding" > > 2) the red hat PPP program, when it trys to search for a modem it > doesn't > find one. > > Here's what I know: > > I have an ISA PnP modem (not a winmodem), US Robotics brand. > > when I boot windows instead of linux, the modem works and is using COM2 > serial port. this is how i am sending this very email. > > linux seems to have the correct info as far as the serial port is > concerned. for example, when I type "setserial -a /dev/ttyS1" I get > what seems like all the right info: IRQ=3 and i/o=02f8. At least I'm > pretty sure this is what I want. I don't know however if my hardware is > actually set to this. > > I tried making the symbolic link from /dev/ttyS1 to /dev/modem just out > of frustration, but to no avail. > > when i boot linux, linux indeed acknowledges that I have a US Robotics > modem installed, and seems to be happy with the PnP. (by the way, do > you know how to slow down all of the boot messages that zoom by? I > can't read the whole thing before it's gone.) dmesg | less > that's all i can think of to tell you. any thoughts? Install minicom and try to talk directly to the modem. Leave /dev/ttyS1 -> /dev/modem link. Try to give the modem an "AT". If it answers with an "OK", then you see it. Another thing: shut down the machine completely and the power it up and boot into linux. Windows sometimes does funny things to the devices (the soundcard in my laptop doesn't work when I reboot from Win2k into Linux). florin -- "you have moved your mouse, please reboot to make this change take effect" 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4