Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 05:47:17 +0100 From: "Andy Coates" <webmaster@friends-tv.net> To: <cjclark@home.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Modem Problems Message-ID: <040001bfada8$2cd571c0$0100a8c0@blade> References: <03f501bfada5$33b3be50$0100a8c0@blade> <20000424003240.J70371@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: "Andy Coates" <webmaster@friends-tv.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 5:32 AM Subject: Re: Modem Problems > On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 05:26:00AM +0100, Andy Coates wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been trying to get my modem to work (internal ISA) and had loads of > > problems so far. > > > > Basically I thought it was on COM3, but the only /dev/cuaaX i can use is 1 > > (COM2). When I do use this, nothing happens when I try to dial. I downloaded > > minicom just to test the dialing, and entered a manual number, but it just > > sat there syaing it was dialing and the time counting down. This manual > > number was my mobile phone, and it didn't ring. I also have a phone attached > > to the line - picking that up had dialing effort from the modem either. > > > > It seems to initialise properly, but when I try open the port and dial > > nothing seems to happen. Any got any ideas what I might be doing wrong? > > What does, > > % grep ^sio /var/run/dmesg.boot > > Say? That will tell us "where" your modem is. It could very well be > sio2. Can you not use cuaa2 because you have not created the > associated devices in /dev? % grep ^sio /var/run/dmesg.boot sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16550A and crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 28, 128 Apr 24 05:44 /dev/cuaa0 crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 28, 129 Apr 24 05:44 /dev/cuaa1 crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 28, 130 Apr 24 05:44 /dev/cuaa2 crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 28, 131 Apr 24 05:44 /dev/cuaa3 I've tried each cuaaX and still only cuaa1 will even let minicom startup. With it being an internal modem I can normally hear it "click" as it opens the port for dialing, but I don't hear anything. Have I missed setting something up? TIA, Andy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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