From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 2 15:33:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA16541 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:33:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from abc.xyz.net (froggy.anchorage.ptialaska.net [208.151.119.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA16530 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:32:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from groggy@iname.com) From: groggy@iname.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abc.xyz.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA00681; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:32:02 -0800 (AKDT) (envelope-from groggy@iname.com) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:32:02 -0800 (AKDT) X-Sender: abc@abc.xyz.net To: Gary Hall cc: groggy@iname.com, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Internal Modem Setup - beginners question In-Reply-To: <3614E26F.958AD714@mcg-graphics.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > dmesg | grep sio > > > > > If it hasn't what do I need to alter in order to get it to detect my > > > modem ? > > > > make sure your modem is configured correctly, > > make sure your kernel is configured correctly. > I typed dmesg | grep sio and got the following: > > sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa > sio0: type 16550A > sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa > sio1: type 16550A > > Does this mean it is setup or not ? > If not what do I need to do next ? it means you have a standard com1 and com2 serial device. i don't know if you configured your modem for com1 or com2, so i can't say if it has been detected. if it is external, then it will work by plugging into you serial ports. if it is internal, you should disable any on-board com ports in your bios that may conflict with your modem setting. it's good to know a little about hardware when messing around with UNIX. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message