[lug] Modem setup question

Sun Jul 7 01:33:15 MDT 2002

use kudzu to see if your modem has been deteced. Just look at
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf  if you dont see a ref to modem run kudzu if
it does not see your modem...then i suggest getting a external
usr

jd
http://www.taproot.bz

>From: "Ken Nagorski" <kenn at pcintelligent.com>
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>Hi there,
>
>I once set up a PCTel modem, now it was not a USR modem however it was 
>still
>a winmodem and well, it wasn't worth the effort. That is just my 2 cents.
>
>On the subject of looking at what the kernel came up with when it booted 
>you
>can use the ever nifty 'dmesg'
>
>dmesg | grep tty (just to see if the kernel sees any serial ports)
>dmesg | less (see it all and scroll through it)
>
>
>There is an article about setting that bad boy up... There is the link
>
>http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/5687-03.html
>
>
>Thanks
>Ken
>
> > On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Ernie Stiltner said:
> >
> >> Anyone any suggestions on getting a new modem running on redhat 7.2?
> >> The modem is a us robotics 5687 which runs ok on other systems, but on
> >> linux the internet dialer claims the modem is busy. Where is the busy
> >> status held?
> >>
> >> And - are there any built in utilties, such as checkit or norton
> >> utilities that give some idea of the hardware?
> >
> > Regarding modems under Linux, check the linmodems web site.  If it's an
> > internal modem, then more than likely it's a winmodem which diminishes
> > your chances of success to maybe 50% or so.
> >
> > Other points to be aware of regarding hardware detection by Linux:
> >
> > - /var/log/boot.msg, /var/log/messages: look for entries involving
> > ttySn (n = 0,1, ...) or clues about undetected devices
> >
> > - /proc/devices: "cat /proc/devices"
> >
> > - LDP HowTo documents: many distros include a good many of these.  Take
> > a look in /usr/share/doc to see what might be there, or "locate HOWTO"
> > at a command prompt.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > John Karns                                        jkarns at csd.net
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thanks,
jd

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