Re: ppp & serial device problem: please advise
Michael Phillips wrote:
> I've been ransacking the FAQs and list archives, but cannot find any
> information on this problem specifically. I'm using kernel 2.0 from the CD,
> and I installed the system on my Windows box, using a 3.5" floppy to boot.
> That's most likely irrelevant, so I'll cut to the chase: I'm having PPP
> problems, and I think I have it narrowed down to the fact that my serial
> ports are screwed up. More specifically, that the system isn't recognizing
> my serial port which would be COM2 under DOS. I disabled COM2 in the BIOS
> of my Asus P2B-F motherboard so that Win98 would work with my Rockwell 56K
> modem; could this be the cause that the device is not recognized? I played
> around with setting up devices and using pppd manually with a daunting
> command-line string, but it's not working for me. The bottom line: I think
> the whole problem is because Linux isn't recognizing my modem at all, or the
> port on which it operates. How can I set that up so that it will recognize
> my modem as a valid port? I'm a newbie, so if the question is one which can
> be answered with the ever-concise RTFM, please point me in the direction of
> the FM which would be most beneficial to read. Any replies are greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Michael Phillips
> wanderer88@usa.net
>
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I had a similar problem with a modem on COM4; but after jumping through all sorts of
hoops, it turns out that the default configuration settings only configured the first
2 serial ports.
Have you tried using setserial to determine whether the serial port is properly
configured? For COM2, I think the command would be:
setserial /dev/cua1 (or setserial /dev/ttyS1 if you're not using cua's)
If the serial port isn't configured, you can use setserial to manuall set the
information. You'll need the uart, port and IRQ.
If this works, you'll have to adjust your configuration files if you want the serial
port to will be configured at boot up.
I'm a newbie, so you might want to check my advice against the man pages. :)
Good luck. I hope this helps.
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Andrew L. Gould
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