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  From: Adam W <woja@optushome.com.au>
  To  : Holger Kohler <holgerk@dingoblue.net.au>
  Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:54:03 -0800

RE: Newbie Question on Modem setup

well you should have some sort of script like rc.serial in /etc/rc.d/ or
/etc/init.d/ depending on what redhat uses??
If not, the serial ports arent being setup during boot - as these rc.* files
are startup scripts.

Try doing what was written in that document, thats if there isnt a rc.serial
file on your system anywhere under /etc

Good luck

Adam W

P.s yeh plain text now :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Holger Kohler [mailto:holgerk@dingoblue.net.au]
> Sent: Sunday, 11 February 2001 12:47 AM
> To: michael
> Cc: James Mclean; linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
> Subject: Re: Newbie Question on Modem setup
>
>
> > 1. Check the boot messages. are there any serial ports recognised?
> ttyS0 and ttyS1 are recognised in the boot messages.
>
> Now that I think about it I read somewhere that a file
> /usr/share/doc/setserial-2.17/rc.serial  needed to be copied to
> /etc/init.d/serial but no one has mentioned this. Anyone know if this is
> necessary?
>
> > 2. Get into the bios setup and make sure the ports are turned on at the
> > normal interupts etc.
> Double checked the BIOS settings.
>
> > 3. If that pans out ok, su to root, and use cu to talk to the port
> > directly, like this:
> I haven't got cu in the path and can't find it in my install. I'm using RH
> 7.0. Should I have it?
>
> > 4. Any sort of recent modem should pass this test. My 56k is a tassie
> > devil, and I think I paid $125 when they were still expensive...
> Hmmm. Would a firmware upgrade on the modem help? I found an upgrade on
> their site.
>
> > 5. Oh yea, when you get this sorted, please fix the html mail
> thing <grin>
> Fixed yet?
>
> Holger
>
>
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