On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 02:51:09PM -0700, James Ausmus wrote > To check for serial port support in your kernel, do: > cd /usr/src/linux > make menuconfig > go to Device Drivers -> Character Devices -> Serial Drivers > Then make sure that "8250/16550 and compatible serial support" has > either a * or an M
One more booby-trap. Is your modem an external modem that plugs into the serial port? No problem. If it's an internal PCI modem (not necessarily a "Winmodem") it will *NOT* work on the 4 standard COM ports ttyS0..ttyS3 (COM1:..COM4: in DOS-speak). It uses ttyS4 (COM5: in DOS) or higher. The *DEFAULT* is to support only the 4 standard ports. To support more ports (required for PCI modems) you must go to the menu above and specify 5 or more ports, like so... (5) Maximum number of 8250/16550 serial ports That one drove me nuts on my old Dell. I had gone out of my way to order a real PCI modem. It worked fine on Redhat 7.1 through 9.0, but simply wouldn't show up on some other distros. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
