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Date:      Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ken Seggerman <suleyman@echonyc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: more modem trouble
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980711203102.3277R-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980708153702.28448A-100000@echonyc.com>

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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Ken Seggerman wrote:

> I have 2.2.5 runing on my Toshiba Laptop. The Xirocm CreditCard Modem that
> came with it is apparently no good for FreeBSD.
> 
> I have a kernel re-built from the PAO-boot.flp.  Until I get a new PCMCIA
> modem, I would like to borrow the external modem from my PC and use it to
> access the ports collection.
> 
> Merely plugging in the external modem to a serial port and selecting cuaa0
> (that's what it is on the PC, and there's only one serial port on the
> laptop) in either ppp.conf or setting the device from the PPP prompt,
> gives me the message "device not configured." 
> 
> Will this require a kernel re-build?

Shouldn't.  make sure the external serial port is enabled in theBIOS
setup.  Check the boot messages and make sure sio0 is being found.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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