>>> Also, if you put the modem into your box and you can see a TTY appear in >>> the boot dmesg(dmesg|grep -i tty), then linux has recognized and >>> assigned it to a serial interface and you should be good to go. >>> >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> >> My modem is recognized. It is a different card than before. >> >> $dmesg | grep -i tty >> console [tty0] enabled >> serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A >> serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A >> 00:05: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A >> >> The above is not proof that a modem is recognized. It is proof that two serial ports exist on the system. One port may actually be a modem, or it may not. > I see two serial ports, does your machine have two physical serial > ports. Are they conflicting with your modem perchance? > Does the user have permission to use serial ports? I think you have to be member of the uucp group to read/write to a serial port?
