From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 4 20:01:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA28235 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 20:01:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA28204 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 20:01:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (root@woof.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA21150; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:51:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA08899; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:53:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199809050153.CAA08899@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: sourav@cs.cmu.edu cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem problems In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Sep 1998 13:49:01 EDT." <35F0280C.9D175EEF@cs.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 02:53:10 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG After booting, press the SCROLL LOCK key and use PGUP to view your boot messages. Did the serial ports get probed correctly (lines beginning with ``sio'') ? > Hello, > > I was trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.7 on my PC through ppp. The PC > (SYNERA by Packard Bell) has the modem with x2 technology from U.S. > Robotics. I could not make ppp work. The system stalls whenever I enter > terminal mode from ppp. It fails to talk to modem and I can't come out > of the terminal mode either. > The modem works fine with windows. What could be the reason for this? > The modem is on > COM1. > > Thanks. > > -- > Sourav -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message