[nzlug] Serial port

[Neil Harsant]

Hi,
   Tried the "minicom" tool?
Also an RS232C LED breakout box would at least show if
there is any "life" on the serial port. Often you will see hints
in /etc/inittab as to what the modem port device is or should be
called.
 Regards,
    Neil Harsant

On Saturday 30 September 2006 10:31, Martin Kealey wrote:
  > I'm trying to get a PC running for my parent and it's all going
  > swimmingly except that the dial-up networking doesn't work because I
  > can't get any response from any of the 3 modems I've tried.
  >
  >  * a PCI card
  >  * a Dynalink DL1456VQE on COM1 -- which works on another computer
  >  * a Dynalink eFAX on COM1 (this model is known to be flakey in its Hayes
  >    compatibility, but I haven't heard about any actual hardware issues)
  >
  > COM1 is on the motherboard, and *appears* to be enabled in the BIOS, but
  > it's possible I've missed something.
  >
  > At the moment it has PCLinuxOS installed and the last update left it with
  > no slmodem driver because the module was out of date with respect to the
  > Kernel (so I'm going to blow away PCLinuxOS and move to Debian or FC5)
  > but I think the card is a "real" modem so that shouldn't make any
  > difference.
  >
  > Any ideas what else I might have missed or should look for?
  >
  > TIA
  >
  > -Martin