[96206] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Modem problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony E. Greene)
Sun Oct 25 10:33:22 1998
From: "Anthony E. Greene" <agreene@pobox.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:21:13 +0100
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On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, Eray Plamay wrote:
>Situation: I cannot get minicom nor xminicom to dial out. But as soon as
>I close the prg it tries to dial the number. Seyon, however does dial
>out so I'm really confused. Why would one prg dial but not the other.
>Also I tried "echo "AT7373737/n" >/dev/cua1" per the book but nothing
>happens at all. No dial-tone nothing.
Did you check the permiossions on /dev/cua1? It should have world
read/write permissions. Then make the link from /dev/modem to /dev/cua1. You
can do it manually or with the modem config tool in X11.
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