hello, i am using a slightly upgraded slink (its in fact potato before they went to glibc2.1) on a laptop, i am using regularly a xircom combo card (CEM-28) as ethernet controler, yesterday i thzought i might try out the modem part, and surprise it doesn't work.....
in fact, modem set up correctly i see from cat /var/run/stab Socket 0: Xircom CEM28 Ethernet/Modem 0 network xirc2ps_cs 0 eth0 0 serial serial_cs 0 ttyS3 4 67 Socket 1: empty that the modem is recognized and sitting on ttyS3 now ps auwx |grep ttyS3 bboett 313 0.0 1.1 844 344 ttyp0 S 16:54 0:00 grep ttyS3 erm7:~$ ps auwx |grep tty root 238 0.0 1.3 836 420 tty1 S 15:39 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1 root 239 0.0 1.3 836 420 tty2 S 15:39 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2 root 240 0.0 1.3 836 420 tty3 S 15:39 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3 root 241 0.0 1.3 836 420 tty4 S 15:39 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4 root 242 0.0 1.3 836 420 tty5 S 15:39 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5 root 243 0.0 1.3 836 420 tty6 S 15:39 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6 then i try by hand: /sbin/getty 38400 ttyS3 & [1] 324 erm7:~# ps auwx |grep ttyS3 root 324 0.2 1.1 760 356 ttyp0 S 16:56 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 ttyS3 seems ok... then i try connect with kermit (no external line is actually connected to the modem, i just want to access the modem prompt and be able to issue at-commands...) rm7:~$ kermit C-Kermit 7.0.195 Beta.04, 30 Jan 1999, for Linux Copyright (C) 1985, 1999, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. Default file-transfer mode is AUTOMATIC Type ? or HELP for help. (/home/bboett/) C-Kermit>set line /dev/ttyS3 /dev/ttyS3 Sorry, can't open connection: /dev/ttyS3 (/home/bboett/) C-Kermit> no luck.... checked the rights erm7:~$ ll /dev/ttyS3 crw-rw-rw- 1 root dialout 4, 67 Jul 21 1998 /dev/ttyS3 seems ok.... so what's going wrong here??? ciao bboett ============================================================== acount at earthling net http://erm6.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett =============================================================== Unsolicited commercial email is NOT welcome at this email address To contact me replace acount by bboett in above addresses
