Re: [ILUG] RH 7.2 Serial problem

From: Mark Finlay (sisob at domain eircom.net)
Date: Thu 13 Jun 2002 - 22:47:31 IST


On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 11:29, John A. Kinsella wrote:
> Hi
> Just installed RH 7.2 (replacing SuSe 6.*)
> All is well but my serial ports are a problem.
>
> I have modem on /dev/ttys3
> but
> setserial -g /dev/ttys3
> gives
> /dev/ttys3: Input/output error
>
> (Same with all other ports)
>
> What am I doing wrong? Is there a "modem config tool"
>
> All worked fine before changing from SuSe to RH.
>

try installing the wvdial rpm then run

wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf

it will search your ports for a modem and tell you if it finds one

then you can edit /etc/wvdial.conf to configure internet dial up

oh and suse to rh is pretty harsh - i'd reccomend mandrake

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