[ale] SuSE and external Zoom modem

[Christopher Fowler]

Did you try /dev/ttyS0?

Try minicom and see if it can communicate with it.

On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 03:23:13PM -0500, Preston Boyington wrote:
> 
>    Ok,  I am having a bit of trouble maneuvering in SuSE (yes, I know how
>    sad that sounds).
> 
>    I want to set it so that I can dial out as a user (I think that sounds
>    simple  enough).   I  have a serial modem connected to the back of the
>    laptop  and  although  it  doesn't  find  it with YAST2's modem config
>    initially  (shows  "Other"  not detected), it appears to set things up
>    when I click "configure".  My user is in the "dialout" group.
> 
>    If  I  use  Kppp  and  configure  it  to  use /dev/ttyS1 (doesn't find
>    anything  under  /dev/modem) and run the Querry, it doesn't return any
>    strings  in  the  fields  (ATI,  ATI 1, etc.).  Any other port returns
>    "modem  is  busy"  or "modem not found".  If I try and connect then it
>    hangs on "initializing".
> 
>    Wvdial  starts  but  hangs  on "Sending: ATZ, Sending: ATQ0" ( another
>    string issue?)
> 
>    I  don't  see  pppconfig  so I can try pon and I have tried to run all
>    said dialers as root to see if anything would flash.
> 
>    Given  this  (sparce)  information  would one believe that SuSE is not
>    passing the correct strings to the modem?  I am currently waiting on a
>    PCMCIA  modem, but thought this would have been fairly straightforward
>    to setup?!
> 
>    Maybe  something  with  setserial?   It's  been a while since I set my
>    Debian  system  up,  but  I don't remember having to go through all of
>    this.  Also the modem works flawlessly with Debian.
> 
>    anyone see similar things before?
> 
>    Preston
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