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Topic: Can't connect with pppd with modem (pcmcia), pppd unrecognized option '/dev/modem'

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ngmlinux

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Posted: Feb. 08 2006,04:03

I've installed a pcmcia modem (the green light on the modem confirms the driver is working, although DSL gives an unsupported Card message while booting).

In any case when I try to run the ppp daemon to connect to the internet I get the error message that '/dev/modem' is an unrecognized option. Indeed, /dev/modem did not exist. I then ran dmesg which reported two UARTS that I am almost possitive are the serial lines to my modem. ttyS00 and ttyS01. I tried symbolically linking these to /dev/modem with no success.

This modem works fine with other distros, so I'm not sure what the issue is here. I've verified that the drivers I've installed are set to persist.

DSL does support dial up modems, correct?

Thanks.

ngmlinux

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Posted: Feb. 15 2006,00:00

Apparently the ttyS00 and ttyS01 are serial lines unrelated to the modem. In any case I am expecting an entry to appear under /dev like /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/cuaX.

I can't find anything like this under /dev however the pcmcia utility in DSL does correctly identify my card.

By the way, it comes to my attention that my previous post (above) on this issue was "inflamatory" to some of the forum members, I appologize to anyone who feels offended. I like to put in my best effort to ensure postings on this forum are productive and proffessional.

roberts

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Posted: Feb. 15 2006,01:53

Of course DSL supports dial up modems, external real modems, pcmcia real modems and Lucent Technologies winmodems.

The dialup GUI tool does not setup a link to /dev/modem, as normally it is not needed.

For eample using a pcmcia Linksys card, it is recognized in the PCMCIA tool as:

Linksys
EtherFast 10&100 + 56k PC Card (PCMLM56)

Using the Dialup tool I manually select ttyS1 and am able to use dialup.

ngmlinux

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Posted: Feb. 15 2006,01:57

I understand the part about /dev/modem and how that can manually be pointed to the actual /dev name.

The issue here is that I can't find the actual /dev name. It is usually ttyS0 in Ubuntu, however I don't see a ttyS0 in /dev nor do I see any other common names I've found in my research (ie. cuaX).

Additionally I don't see my modem when I run dmesg.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.