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Old 01-21-2002, 09:56 PM   #1
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What permission does my modem need to have?


Hi,
I just finally managed to setup my Conexant winmodem. I had to reboot to Windows to ask this. What permissions does it need to have? It's set up as /dev/ttyHSF0 on Mandrake 7.1
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Old 01-23-2002, 04:26 AM   #2
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hi

Hi falcon ,

I guess ur wanting to connect to the internet and ur getting some sort of error mesages ?

By default the device when configured will have appropriate permissions ...... do post the error mesg so we can determine the cause of ur agony.

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Old 01-23-2002, 04:58 AM   #3
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I'm trying to get my winmodem going using the drivers here, http://www.mbsi.ca/hsflinux/
It said that the modem was set up successfully on /dev/ttyHSF0 but when I run my ppp-on script nothing happens. What could be the problem? Should I just try installing kppp or some GUI tool for it that might be easier for a n00b like me? The drivers' readme file says that I have to give it "the appropriate permissions for my distro".
Cheers

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Old 01-23-2002, 10:03 AM   #4
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it's likely that the software has no idea that that modem device exists. try using wvdialconf to scan for a modem, and if it can't find it, then try making a symlink from that device to /dev/modem for example.

ln -s /dev/thatdevicenameiforgot /dev/modem
 
Old 01-23-2002, 10:56 PM   #5
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Hi,

acid_kewpie is right .... try what he has said and also try using minicom ...... read the manual for minicom and confirm if modem is being recognized or not ( by linux ).

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Xanthium.

 
  


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