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Old 09-09-2003, 12:55 AM   #1
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Modem Installation


I have a Diamond supraexpress external 56k modem, everytime i boot up mandrake and try to connect from the control center, it says /dev/modem cannot be found. So i have to re-setup my connection everytime, gets annoying, Is there a fix? Im sure there is but im lost as i am completely new to this whole Linux thing, sorry I'll get the hang of it, I hope.
 
Old 09-09-2003, 10:06 AM   #2
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www.linmodems.org Your modem may or may not work with linux.
 
Old 09-09-2003, 12:10 PM   #3
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It has worked before, it is just all of a sudden that it stopped working. Thanks for the help.
 
Old 09-09-2003, 12:23 PM   #4
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what do you mean by "setup your modem"? is /dev/modem a symlink to the actual modem device file? also, do you have the device major/minor ids aliased to your modem driver in modules.conf?
 
Old 09-09-2003, 12:45 PM   #5
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Yes, /dev/modem is a symlink to the actual device and it says that it cant be found, i can connect once but after i disconnect, it wont work again. I have to reboot inorder for it to work again.

device major/minor ids aliased to your modem driver in modules.conf, i have no idea what that means.
 
Old 09-09-2003, 02:21 PM   #6
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sounds like a driver bug where the driver refuses release the device. i have a similar problem on an old smartlink winmodem and still looking for answers...

in the meantime...
try (in a root shell)...
rmmod --all
to unload all inactive drivers (may need to run the command twice)
 
  


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