On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Charles Read wrote: : > You mentioned that it doesn't appear in : > /proc/interrupts; what about /proc/ioports? : : Yes, the serial device appears in /proc/ioports : as: : : ... : 0x3f8: serial (set) : ... : : BTW, how do you talk to a modem from DOS? : I want to try what Nathan suggested and see : if the modem is a 'WinModem'. How else : could you tell if not from DOS?
Oh, that's easy :) assuming you know which comport your modem is on. Let's say it's COM2 ... at the DOS prompt type "ECHO ATX0DT123456789 > COM2", or something like that. See if the modem responds. This is from memory ... I can't find my AT command reference. The X0 is supposed to set the modem to ignore dialtone and just dial, IIRC. That way you don't have to be connected to a phone line. If your paranoid about my memory (and you should be), then just do a "ECHO ATZ > COM2" ... that will reset the modem, which will be hard to verify if it's internal. Of course, you could also use a DOS term program like Telix. Note you can do this stuff from the UNIX shell if you have write permissions to the serial port; "echo ATZ > /dev/ttyS1" should also reset the modem. I've seen one case where a modem was accessible from DOS and not from Linux; it was some weird IBM modem. Is this modem internal or external? Good luck, -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
