Re: Installing modem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent West" <westk@acu.edu>
To: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 19:07
Subject: Re: Installing modem.
> Hoyt Bailey wrote:
>
> >
> >>You say "ttyS3 is different from ttyS0 & ttyS1"; um, yes. They're
> >>different files. Maybe you mean something else when you say they're
> >>"different"?
> >>
> >
> > Yes, from dmesg:
> > Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ
> > SERIAL_PCI enabled
> > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> > ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> > Redundant entry in serial pci_table. Please send the output of
> > lspci -vv, this message (12b9,1008,12b9,00d3)
> > and the manufacturer and name of serial board or modem board
> > to serial-pci-info@lists.sourceforge.net.
> > ttyS04 at port 0xd000 (irq = 19) is a 16550A
>
>
> It looks like you have two serial ports on your motherboard (00 & 01),
> in addition to your modem on 04. Apparently the PCI bus is getting
> confused somehow. You might want to go into the BIOS and temporarily
> disable the built-in serial ports, and see what that does for you.
>
> >
> > I have sent the requested message to the sourceforge.net. with a cc to
this
> > list.
> >
> >
> >>Why are you trying to transfer dmesg to floppy? Without knowing the
> >>exact command you used, as whom, in what directory, it's hard to say
> >>what might have gone wrong with your copy attempt.
> >>
> >
> > Because somewhere in the diddleing I came across dmesg as the log file
which
> > I didnt know and thought it might have something that would help.
> >
>
> But I'm unsure why you'd want to copy it to floppy. If you need it in a
> file form, you can:
> dmesg > dmesg.txt
> and then copy dmesg.txt to wherever you want it, including floppy. If
> you just want to see the dmesg messages, you can:
> dmesg | more
>
I need to transport stuff to windows to make a hard copy &/or to include in
an emale. Floppy is the only way I have to do that.
>
> >
> >>What happens with the command:
> >>echo "ATDT555-1234" > /dev/ttyS3
> >
> > Nothing absolutely nothing and I can hear my modem sending. Dont have
> > another number I can call.
>
> This I don't understand; you say it's doing "nothing absolutely nothing"
> and then immediately say you hear the modem sending, which means it's
> doing something. Either it's doing nothing or it's doing something.
> Which is it?
How about: When and if the modem dials my ISP I can hear The modem output
untill a connection is made. I can assure you the modem is doing nothing on
either ttys3 or ttys4.
>
> I also assume you didn't really use the bogus number "555-1234"? You
> want to use a real number, say to your cell phone, or a second line, or
> to the local time & temperature (I didn't say that - no one can prove I
> did) and listen to the modem speaker for the time/temp announcement. If
> this works, that means the computer is seeing your modem, your modem is
> seeing the phone line, and the modem can dial out.
>
I used both the bogus number and my ISP's number & nothing happened. I dont
think the modem is smart enough to know wheather the number is valid or not
and a busy signal or error message from SBC is good enough. By the way the
town is too small for time & temp and cell phone service stops at my frount
door. Outside it works inside forget it.
> --
> Kent
>
What program generated the connection between the modem's 8 I/O lines
d000-d007 and /dev/ttyS3 and what would happen if I rm /dev/ttyS4 and maybe
/dev/ttyS3 as well and remade, with MAKEDEV, ttyS3 and then run the program
that makes the original connection.
Regards;
Hoyt
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