Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:16:04 -0600 From: FRED_LONG@udlp.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Failure of FreeBSD to Recognize Serial Ports Message-ID: <00147D70.C21254@udlp.com>
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I installed FreeBSD choosing the Gnome w/Enlightenment configuration. When trying to use the PPP Facility listed under the Menu tab Internet, in all cases I was unable to access the serial ports. During the setup of a new account using the PPP Facility, it gives the option of choosing /dev/modem, /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, /dev/ttyS2, or /dev/ttyS3. For home programming I have been using Linux(SuSE, Debian) for sometime and typically have used /dev/ttyS3(COM 4) without any problems whatsoever. For whatever reason(s) regardless of which ports I select it responds with either "[xxxx]unrecognized option - /dev/modem" or "[xxxx]unrecognized option - ttySx". I tried re-enabling the serial port #2 on the motherboard in the BIOS, without effect. I also tried issuing the command - "ln -s /dev/ttyS3 /dev/cuaa3", similarly without effect. I also issued the command "ifconfig -a" and it listed "ppp0" as being an active port. Similarly I went back and tested ttyS3(COM 4), demonstrating that it a working serial port. I also went about setting up PPP using chat scripts(i.e. using ppp.conf and dial.conf). In all cases, regardless of what I chose as a port(i.e. cuaa1 - cuaa3 or ttyS1 - ttyS3), it still would not recognize the port. I have went and thoroughly studied the PPP How-to, PPP Primer, Pedantic PPP etc., and the PPP man pages all to no avail. I am not sure if I am missing something very simple or what. I use this platform primarily for engineering/software development and must have access to the WWW in order to do my work. I have already lost a couple of days fighting this problem, and am not sure how to proceed at this point. This must be a simple problem. Thank you in advance for your patience and time to help me resolve this problem. Fred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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