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Date:      Mon, 19 Feb 2001 06:30:05 +0100
From:      Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely5.cicely.de>
To:        "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com>
Cc:        "'''freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG' ' '" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: this isn't fun any more....
Message-ID:  <20010219063005.A40921@cicely5.cicely.de>
In-Reply-To: <ABC15E2D8FBCD311B4A200805FA7D59B026041FB@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu>; from personrp@ccbh.com on Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 09:06:27PM -0500
References:  <ABC15E2D8FBCD311B4A200805FA7D59B026041FB@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu>

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On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 09:06:27PM -0500, Person, Roderick wrote:
>  i tried to use cu and a get no such device errors, it doesn't matter if i
> use cuaa0 or cuaa1. So i did MAKEDEV cuaa0, MAKEDEV cuaa1. the makedev
> returned no errors I even made cuaa3 and cuaa4 to see if they would error no
> such luck. so apparently the modem is not responding back. so i don't know
> where to go from here. 

I don't know what you mean with "get no such device errors".
As far as I can remember you never mentioned "device errors".
Do you get an echo from your modem when you type atz using cu?
If yes - do get an connection when you try atd<number>?

> the modem is a us robotics 33.6 external, i have tried various setting on
> the dip switch but np luck. any hints from anyone.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd Walter
> To: Person, Roderick
> Cc: ''freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG' '
> Sent: 2/18/01 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: this isn't fun any more....
> 
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 01:36:36PM -0500, Person, Roderick wrote:
> >  ok,
> > 
> > i've recompiled the kernel. com 2 is now accessiable through the
> serial
> > port, but still my external modem gets no dial tone. The modem works,
> i used
> > it on my wife's pentium pro this morning. the phone line is good, i
> have a
> > laptop connect to it now to write this email.
> > 
> > I'm using 4.1 release on a noname axppci.
> > 
> > the only error I recieve are:
> >      ppp[189]: tun0: Warning: Chat script failed
> > dmesg | grep 'sio'
> > 
> > tells me that
> > sio0 configured irq4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> > 
> > Is that a problem.
> > 
> > Also, does sound work in the alpha kernel, i used device pcm as in
> i386
> > kernel but the makedevs fail. It seems to me that all the
> documentation is
> > i386 based...is there somewhere i can go to find alpha specific info.
> > 
> 
> If a terminal programm (cu and tip are in the base system) receives
> the echo from the modem the comunication to the modem works.
> With your description of the problem no one can say if the comunication
> to the modem failed or your chat script is wrong or your modem
> isn't plugged in or maybe your phone provider failt or ...
> 
> Please use a terminalprogram and try the seriel connection to the modem
> first before trying any complex things like starting chat scripts.
> 
> -- 
> B.Walter              COSMO-Project         http://www.cosmo-project.de
> ticso@cicely.de         Usergroup           info@cosmo-project.de

-- 
B.Walter              COSMO-Project         http://www.cosmo-project.de
ticso@cicely.de         Usergroup           info@cosmo-project.de



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