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  From: Adrian Butterworth <adrian@econ-outlook.com.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 00:04:08 +0930

Re: pppd problems

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, andrew o'callaghan wrote:
<snip>
> In /var/log/messages, I get the following:
> 
> Sep 18 12:36:30 box modprobe: can't locate module ppp0
> Sep 18 12:36:30 box pppd[693]: Failed to open /dev/ttys3: Input/output
snip
> I checked the devices directory for ttys3:
> ls -la /dev/ttys3
> crw-rw-rw-   1 root     tty        3,  51 May  6  1998 /dev/ttys3
> 
> I am using the COM4 port for my modem.
> 
> Please could someone steer me in the right direction.

/dev/ttys3 is not a com port
you most likely want: 
  /dev/ttyS3
  note the capital S

Sorry for the delay but I've just got to the list.

Regards
Adrian

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