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- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!taco!garfield.catt.ncsu.edu!doogie
- From: doogie@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jeff House)
- Subject: /dev/ttys? not responding
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.235626.17486@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Computer and Technologies Theme Program, NCSU, Raleigh
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 23:56:26 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- Okay...
-
- I did the following:
-
- mknod /dev/ttys0 c 4 64
- chmod go+rw /dev/ttys0
- chgrp tty /dev/ttys0
- echo "ATDT5551111" > /dev/ttys0
-
- and my modem on com1 (as you probably deduced) did not dial. That was
- when it was a 2400 baud modem. I bought a 9600 baud modem (not just to
- fix the problem, mind you) and did the same. Neither case dialed, and
- when I did:
-
- cat /dev/ttys0
-
- "ATDT5551111" was echoed. My modem seems not to be accepting commands.
- Someone said something about an 8250A (or something, I don't remember)
- chip that was not the same as an 8250 chip, and that that may be causing
- the problem. If so, do both of my modems have this 'A' chip in them?
- Can I fix it in _any way_? I'm trying to create a dialin line for
- linux, and everything else is going wonderfully except for this one
- problem.
-
- I am running bootimage 96c and rootimage 96c. I have 4 MB memory, on an
- Omega 386DX/33. The modem works fine from DOS, so I am therefore
- confused.
-
- HEY! Thanks a lot to anyone who can respond and help me out. I'm kinda
- new to all of this, and the reason certain things are not working is
- probably linearly proportional to the amount of stupidity that I have
- between my ears... ;-) Help!
-
- Thanks a zillion in advance!
-
- -Doogie
-