The machine is SunFire V60

the OS is Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4

I am trying to connect to the modem on the serial port, and it is not even recognized via minicom. Any idea? I think the device file might be the problem.


# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7501 Memory Controller Hub (rev 01)
00:00.1 Class ff00: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Host RASUM Controller (rev 01) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface C PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 01)
00:03.1 Class ff00: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface C RASUM Controller (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CA LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CA Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) 02:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) 02:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) 02:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) 02:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) 03:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
03:07.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) 04:07.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7902 U320 (rev 03)
04:07.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7902 U320 (rev 03)

# uname -a
Linux ovs 2.6.9-89.0.3.ELsmp #1 SMP Sat Jun 13 07:05:54 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 8)

Well, if it's an external modem, hanging off the serial port, an lspci or lsusb won't show it, since it's NOT a PCI or USB device.

You say it's not recognized by minicom...what device did you try? If it's off a serial port, you have to change minicom to use the right one. Probably be something like /dev/ttyS0, S1, etc.

And have you contacted RedHat for support, since you're paying for it with your RHEL subscription?