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HELP: using (PCMCIA)-modem....



hello,

i am using a slightly upgraded slink (its in fact potato before they went  to
glibc2.1) on a laptop, i am using regularly a xircom combo card (CEM-28) as
ethernet controler, yesterday i thzought i might try out the modem part, and
surprise it doesn't work.....

in fact, modem set up correctly i see from 
cat /var/run/stab 
Socket 0: Xircom CEM28 Ethernet/Modem
0       network xirc2ps_cs      0       eth0
0       serial  serial_cs       0       ttyS3   4       67
Socket 1: empty

that the modem is recognized and sitting on ttyS3

now 
 ps auwx |grep ttyS3
bboett     313  0.0  1.1   844  344 ttyp0    S    16:54   0:00 grep ttyS3
erm7:~$ ps auwx |grep tty  
root       238  0.0  1.3   836  420 tty1     S    15:39   0:00 /sbin/getty
38400 tty1
root       239  0.0  1.3   836  420 tty2     S    15:39   0:00 /sbin/getty
38400 tty2
root       240  0.0  1.3   836  420 tty3     S    15:39   0:00 /sbin/getty
38400 tty3
root       241  0.0  1.3   836  420 tty4     S    15:39   0:00 /sbin/getty
38400 tty4
root       242  0.0  1.3   836  420 tty5     S    15:39   0:00 /sbin/getty
38400 tty5
root       243  0.0  1.3   836  420 tty6     S    15:39   0:00 /sbin/getty
38400 tty6

then i try by hand:
 /sbin/getty 38400 ttyS3 &
[1] 324
erm7:~# ps auwx |grep ttyS3
root       324  0.2  1.1   760  356 ttyp0    S    16:56   0:00 /sbin/getty
38400 ttyS3

seems ok...
then i try connect with kermit (no external line is actually connected to the
modem, i just want to access the modem prompt and be able to issue
at-commands...)

rm7:~$ kermit 
C-Kermit 7.0.195 Beta.04, 30 Jan 1999, for Linux
 Copyright (C) 1985, 1999,
  Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
Default file-transfer mode is AUTOMATIC
Type ? or HELP for help.
(/home/bboett/) C-Kermit>set line /dev/ttyS3
/dev/ttyS3 
Sorry, can't open connection: /dev/ttyS3
(/home/bboett/) C-Kermit>

no luck....
checked the rights
erm7:~$ ll /dev/ttyS3
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     dialout    4,  67 Jul 21  1998 /dev/ttyS3

seems ok....

so what's going wrong here???

ciao
bboett
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