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Re: howto unplug a device?



On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:15:53 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:

> is there a way, to unplug a device by software or a command? I wanna
> unplug and plugin a device (it is a built in modem), if it crashes. At
> the moment, i have to reboot, each time it hangs.

I dunno if an internal/embedded modem can be unpluggled without power 
cycling the machine but if the modem gets "stuck" you can try to 
"initilize" the device by using minicom settings or just sending the 
"ATZ" string to the modem ("echo ATZ > /dev/modem" or "echo ATZ > /dev/
ttyxx").

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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