According to Dean Hamstead, on Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:23:33 +1000, >machine is a dual usb ibook > >has an internal 56k modem, it seems to be at /dev/ttyS0 >gtkterm seems happy enough to talk to the modem, but when >i dial (ATDTxxxxx) it just spews garbage at me immediately >no its not ppp, it just hammers in straight away with >or without the phone line plugged in. > >could be to do with setserial > >or my modem is fried > >Dean
These machine are setup with a winmodem, that is most of the modem operation must be done in software by the driver. It cannot work out of the box like a std modem... There is a non-free driver somewhere if you really want to use it. I'm not sure it is ok with a ppc machine though... Cedric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]