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