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Ivan Panarusky wrote:
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cite="mid:6505ebc00902191431p6fb916cfw9f4c9a8d2f403946@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Ok, I made some progress. I installed ncid, but it doesn't
work. It says it can't find /dev/modem, and not surprisingly, it
doesn't exist. I did a quick google search and came up wtih the ubuntu
wiki, whitch led me to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/hardy/modem-drivers/hsf/">http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/hardy/modem-drivers/hsf/</a>
I installed the deb, but I don't have anything in /dev/modem. Am I
missing out on something or is it not working?<br>
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<br>
In the PC architecture, a modem sits on one of the serial ports (COM1 -
COM6), and the typical device driver nodes for these are /dev/tty???.
You might need to sym-link one of the /dev/tty??? to /dev/modem. I am
not sure what utilities are out there that do the hardware detection,
but each distro has a slightly or heavily different one -- and though
Ubuntu's is one of the best, it might be weak for some types of devices.<br>
<br>
You need to use the full-hardware bidirectional handshaking entry
points to the device driver (the /dev/XXXX node points), as opposed to
the simpler terminal/serial port access points. These usually end in
'M'. So if your modem was installed as COM1, then you would run:<br>
<pre>sudo ln -s /dev/ttySM0 /dev/modem</pre>
If on COM2, then:<br>
<pre>sudo ln -s /dev/ttySM1 /dev/modem</pre>
and so on.<br>
<br>
Another thing to think about is that there are two kinds of modems for
"wintel" machines -- the true hardware all-encompassing regular modem,
and the "winmodem" watered down version designed to have a good portion
run as software from the main CPU. The latter usually uses the Lucent
device driver, but folks are talking about installing the Martin driver
instead.<br>
<br>
Here are some good discussions on this matter from the Ubuntu
discussion forums:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Lucent">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Lucent</a><br>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="80">--
Scott G. Hall
Raleigh, NC, USA
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ScottGHall@BellSouth.Net">ScottGHall@BellSouth.Net</a></pre>
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