On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 07:05:18PM +0000, Sunnanvind wrote: > Chris: Thanks a mil for pointing me to > people.debian.org/~/walters/debian/installer/new-powermac/ - it worked > like a charm. > The issue was probably the kernel all along. > > I now have a working single-boot debian installation and don't have to > deal with mac-quirkiness (I was referring to Mac OS when I said "doesn't > ship with a compiler") which is a good thing, nor mac-beautifulness, > which is somewhat sad, but hey, I have X11-beautifulness (I love xaw). > > Now I'm trying to get the internal modem to work. lsmod says > that 'macserial' is loaded (and 'serial' isn't), but neither pppconfig > nor wvdialconf finds a modem. > "setserial -g /dev/ttyS*" says UART: unknown for /dev/ttyS0 > and /dev/ttyS1. > > I don't think I'm running devfs. > > Does anyone have any clues to what I'm missing? Please let me know. > Thanks. > Sue.
Search the list archives in the last couple of months for modem. There's been a lot of discussion, which I haven't tracked closely (lucky me with DSL), but which is undoubtedly pertinent. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
