On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 08:31:56PM -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > Claude Jones wrote: > >I'm having a disappearing modem problem. I put in the computer, it gets > >recognized by kudzu, and it comes up working. I use it to dial in to an > >old mainframe. Kermit sees it, and I have ProComm for DOS running under > >dosemu. All seems well. I shut down the computer, and when it comes back > >up, it has disappeared. So far, I've only been able to recover it by > >removing it and rebooting, and then reinstalling it and rebooting. It > >seemed to be a problem with a lockfile earlier on, but, that's no longer > >the case. Can anyone offer an idea? I've searched the list and read the > >configuration manuals from Redhat, but there is precious little said > >about modems for old-style dialup. > > I reply to myself - the modem is not disappearing. By doing a kudzu -p I > was able to determine that the modem is still configured and is set to > ttyS14 - when I used that to connect via Kermit and ProComm just now, I > got in. So, does anyone know why, is it called the 'symbolic link' > /dev/modem?, keeps disappearing? > You don't say, but is your modem external? Fedora has a poor record in recognizing external modems. Modems are removed in my experience at random, it seems, for no reason whatsoever. If kudzu thinks the modem has disappeared then I ma nor surprised the /dev/modem disappears. Using the /dev/ttySx has always worked better for me. -- ======================================================================= Some points to remember [about animals]: (1) Don't go to sleep under big animals, e.g., elephants, rhinoceri, hippopotamuses; (2) Don't put animals with sharp teeth or poisonous fangs down the front of your clothes; (3) Don't pat certain animals, e.g., crocodiles and scorpions or dogs you have just kicked. -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac" ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
