[ILUG] modem problems

[McAuley, Tim]

hmmm... can't remember coming across that before.
Nice to know though!

Thanks.

Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On 
> Behalf Of Brian
> Nesbitt
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:48 PM
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] modem problems
> 
> 
> 
>  Sorry, got it fixed. It was an external modem (US Robotics).
>  The bios settings for the serial port were set to auto. I
>  assumed that this would be good enough, but it appears that
>  when linux boots the machine disables the serial port. I 
>  manually set it to 'enable' and it works fine now :)
> 
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, McAuley, Tim wrote:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:28:54 +0100 
> > From: "McAuley, Tim" <T.McAuley at emuse.ie>
> > To: 'Brian Nesbitt' <B.Nesbitt at ftel.co.uk>
> > Subject: RE: [ILUG] modem problems
> > 
> > Any more details on the modem Brian?
> > 
> > I'm assuming it's an external hardware one.
> > 
> > What's the linux dist?
> > 
> > T
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On 
> > > Behalf Of Brian
> > > Nesbitt
> > > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:06 PM
> > > To: ilug at linux.ie
> > > Subject: [ILUG] modem problems
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  Hello all
> > > 
> > >  A friend at work asked me to get his modem working with his
> > >  linux box. I had a crack at it but keep getting the error:
> > > 
> > >  TIOCMGET failed: Input/output error
> > > 
> > >  The machine is a 233 PII Dell
> > >  The kernel is compiled for ppp and slip.
> > >  I tried wvdial, minicom and kppp on /dev/ttyS0-3 and /dev/cua0-3
> > >  and I still get no response. The serial port + modem works fine
> > >  under windows, I even tried the modem on my machine and it works.
> > > 
> > >  I have tried everything obvious. Any ideas?
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  Cheers
> > >  Brian Nesbitt
> > > 
> > > 
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