Re: Trying to get modem to work with Debian

[ben <ben_foley@web.de>]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:35:24 -0500
ScruLoose <scruloose+debuser@eastlink.ca> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 08:09:01PM -0500, JAMES MERRITT wrote:
> 
> (Please set your linewraps to something between 72 and 80 chars)
> 
> > I have a US Robotics USR5699B PCI modem and I am trying to get it
> > installed under Debian Woody.  According to Windows, it is installed
> > on COM5, IRQ 11.
> > 
> > Under Debian, I had to create the com port as ttyS5, then use
> > setserial /dev/ttyS5 irq 11.  Then I tried using wvdial and that
> > does not work, apparently it does not recognize the port.  I don't
> > remember the exact error messages.  Since I am using KDE, I tried
> > using kppp, but kpp does not give the choice of /dev/ttyS5.
> > 
> > 1.  Will this modem work under Debian or am I wasting my time?
> >
> > 2.  If it will work, how do I get kppp to recognize /dev/ttyS5? Of
> > more to the point, how do I get this modem to work?
> 
> I have no idea whether that modem will work or not, but I do know that
> since Windows starts counting at 1, where Linux starts at 0, you're
> probably looking for /dev/ttys4.
> 
or rather /dev/ttyS4.