[CLUG] modem

[Adam Beecher]

> What does /dev/modem point at?
>   ls -l /dev/modem
>
It didn't, but that was probaby my fault because Mandrake didn't install pppd on
the last (second) install, so I had to install it from an RPM on the CD.
However, I did try it with the ports themselves, which is the same thing, but to
no avail. So if all else fails, reinstall. Again. This time I took the distro
defaults, but I'm shtill shtuck. The exact errors I'm getting - this time I had
the brains to note them down - are:

Internet Dialler in KDE - "sorry, the modem is busy"
Gnome (from KDE) - "the pppd daemon died unexpectedly"

> Keep an eye on /var/log/messages as it might tell you more.
>
Bugger! I forgot about that.

> You can also pul up a terminal in kppp, try to enter a few modem
> commands,
> atz0
> ati4
>
> Does anything come up?
>
No, because "the modem is busy". When I try and reset it, I can't type anything
into the terminal.

> Run harddrake and there should be a modem config tool there somewhere..
>
I'll do that the next time. I was impatient this time, after reinstalling again.
Back to Google.

Oh, and I have another problem too - when the machine is shutting down, I get
the error message, "Saving mixer settings aumix - error finding mixer" (or
summat). But I don't care about that.

I think I should stick with the command line really. I've always had trouble
with the GUI in Linux... :)

adam