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Re: 2 questions



i have 2 debians: 2.1 and 2.2. the 1st question is about 2.1 and the 2nd is
about 2.2.

ttyS3 is  the port used by modem in MS-Windows, its irq is 10.
i type "pon" and there is no ring from the modem.
then i type plog. it says something like "connect script fails and exit"

----- Original Message -----
From: "dman" <dsh8290@rit.edu>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: 2 questions


> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 08:38:55AM +0800, a wrote:
> | i compile kernel 2.0.36. everything else seems OK except modprobe
complain
> | it can't locate char-major-10
> |
> | i have a Ham modem and debian 2.2. i compile the linux driver and
install
> | it. but pon fails. i use the command below:
> | setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq 10
> | but it does not help.
>
> Debian 2.2 (aka "potato") comes with kernel 2.2.20 now, and AFAIK, has
> always had a 2.2.x kernel.  Your 2.0.36 kernel is extremely old (it
> was what I had when I first saw linux, RH 5.2).  First I would get a
> recent kernel.  Either 2.2.20 or 2.4.17 (I am using the latter).  Then
> check which serial device your modem is plugged in to.  It may not be
> ttyS3.  If you still don't get it to work, then come back and tell us
> what you tried and the exact error messages you got.
>
> -D
>
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