Subject: Re: PPP Connection
From: Tom Astle (tom@pcc.com)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 15:48:18 MST
I have had the same problem, the modem device is identified in dmesg,
but it will not open the /dev in kppp wvdial or whatever.
Strangely enough, though, minicom will open the device and dial out.
On Wed, 2002-01-02 at 16:37, Andy Hocker wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Dylan Ward wrote:
>
> > You answered my question the other day (29/12/01: "Re: Modem trouble")
> > about getting a PowerBook to dial out to my ISP. I followed your advice
> > and I am still getting the error message "Sorry, can't open modem". I
> > am using kppp as well, but it just does not want to see the modem. I am
> > still fairly new to Linux, so I keep thinking maybe I have missed
> > something. Can you help me with anything? All help is greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
>
> The only other thing I can think of is that maybe you've
> specified the wrong modem device? On my iBook the modem is
> at /dev/ttyS0 -- it's probably the same for a PowerBook (but
> I think you can check by looking at the output of 'dmesg').
>
> Good luck,
> Andy
>
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