Re: PCMCIA help!!!
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Patrice Bertrand wrote:
> Hi, I have installed Linux on a Winbook laptop. Everything works but my PCMCIA modem and I dont' understand why... My PCMCIA card is a made by Creative Labs and is fax-modem 28,800 bauds. I've tried to read the HOWTO-PCMCIA. It doesn't help and it is too complicated anyway...
> What I've done till now :
> I have installed the Linux base system from scratch with floppies
> I understand that the PCMCIA, if I follow the steps during installation, is normally done.
> I have set up a PPP connection
> But when i type "pon", nothing happens and i go back to the prompt.
> Just one thing : my sound card is dead, i don't want to replace it so when i place the card in it's drive, i cannot hear the beep sound... But this shouldn't have any king influence.
>
> So what am I supposed to do? To i have to run something like : mount /dev/modem /moden or what?
> Thanks for your help...
>
Two things:
1) /dev/modem is usually a symlink to the actual tty port being used. If
your setup is looking to /dev/modem and /dev/modem isn't pointing to the
correct tty, that's your problem. BTW, you might be better off using the
actual port (ie /dev/ttyS1, etc), because if an app accesses (and
therefore puts a lock on) /dev/modem and another app accesses the actual
port, the second app won't see the lock and then you've got two apps
trying to use the modem at the same time and one or both will start
coughing up blood.
2) If you've got minicom installed, try using it to verify that your
modem is working. If you don't have minicom, try
echo ATDTsome_phone_num_you_can_hear_ring >
/dev/ttySwhatever_port_your_modem_is_on
If you hear the phone ring, pick it up and see if it sounds like a modem.
If it doesn't ring, you know you're still not dialing out.
--
Kent West
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