[ale] modem busy

[Irv Mullins]

On Sunday 16 December 2001 09:14 pm

> lee wrote:
> > Ok..with  Mandrake 8.1,using kppp, I get a "modem is busy" error message.
> > A fresh install even,right outta the box it says this..configged by the
> > book,or so I believe..lol. Probably my 1st mistake there..lol.
> >
> > Now I've seen this before and if my life was at stake I can not remember
> > how I fixed this the last time !!  Does this message ring a bell with
> > anyone?

I just had the same problem when installing M 8.1. I 'fixed' it by simply 
rm /dev/modem and then creating a new one: lln -s /dev/ttyS4 /dev/modem
I have no idea *why* that worked, but it did. 

> > As a side note,I'm seriously considering another disto... The ole blame
> > the messenger syndrome..lol. I'm thinking SUSE or possible Debian..altho
> > the latter may be over my head..lol. Not sure why I'd think that ?

SuSE is good, but Mandrake 8.1 is fine too, I've been running it with no 
problem for a while now.

Regards,
Irv


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