I have an internal PCI modem. It was /dev/ttyS14 for a long time, on Ubuntu and Mepis, and maybe Gentoo (don't remember), but then, on Gentoo, it started showing up on /dev/ttyS4, I believe.
Oddly, running kernel 2.6.16, it is showing up as /dev/ttyS2, so I had to re-run wvdialconf (the only such package that ever detected the modem as /dev/ttyS14, by the way). Although I cannot be certain, I suspect that serial support in the 2.6.X kernel series has gone through another evolution. Alan On 4/25/06, Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
