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K.C. Chan
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Help initializing modem

All,
how does one dertermine which device file does this modem belong to? Here's the output of lspci,
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Modem (rev 03).

fyi, I am running rh9.
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Martin P.J. Zinser
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Re: Help initializing modem

Hi,

I do not have Redhat, but my SuSE system does have a /dev/modems directory, which is the place I would start looking...

Zigor Buruaga
Esteemed Contributor

Re: Help initializing modem

Hi,

Try with /dev/modem

[root@zigor-rh9 /]# ll /dev/modem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 26 11:56 /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS0

HTH
Kind regards,
Zigor
Martin P.J. Zinser
Honored Contributor

Re: Help initializing modem

Zigors example most probably shows an external modem /dev/ttyS0 being the first serial interface). Since you do have an internal one it will look different.
Mark Grant
Honored Contributor

Re: Help initializing modem

Try looking for serial ports in the output of "dmesg" i.e "dmesg | grep tty". It could possibly be one of those.
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K.C. Chan
Trusted Contributor

Re: Help initializing modem

it's strange that it list this when doing dmesg and grepping for tty:
ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A

It does not have a modem attached to it. Isn't this suppose to be my com1 port? What is going on here?
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Martin P.J. Zinser
Honored Contributor

Re: Help initializing modem

Yup, ttyS0 should be your first serial (COM) port. If you do not have an external modem this should not be your modem card.
Huc_1
Honored Contributor

Re: Help initializing modem

Zigor is right in most case you should have a soft link like the following

ls -l /dev/modem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 May 14 15:57 /dev/modem -> ttyS0

often in the default install this is just

ls -l /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Jan 30 2003 /dev/ttyS0

This is if you use uucp

I also find usefull to invoke as root

# minicom -s

from there you can set up port/modem terminal setup and more

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K.C. Chan
Trusted Contributor

Re: Help initializing modem

Ok, I've check, there is no /dev/modem, as we know it is just a soft link. I think I need the driver for the modem so that my laptop can pick it up properly. What do you guys think? Does any one know where I can download driver for such a modem? Thanks.
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Mark Grant
Honored Contributor

Re: Help initializing modem

THe only bit of information I have found on getting this modem to work is

http://seehuhn.de/comp/toshiba.html#modem

It might be a bit old now though.
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root_6
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Re: Help initializing modem

first of all in linux problem is it dont works fine with win modems
win modem sr those modems which r emulated my their driver to windows as they r orignal serial devices
u didnt mentioned by wt name is it identified in any windows OS
i configed intel HAM 56k Ambient chipset modem in linux
check there which modem do u have

http://www.intel.com/design/modems/support/drivers.htm#drivers

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=977
root_6
Advisor

Re: Help initializing modem

also i forgot to telll
use kppp (best as far as i had been using)
in KDE to onfig modem
if u r not a newbie then use
/etc/wvdial.conf file
if u already had installed wvdial rpm
u can check wether wvdial is installed by comand at shell
rpm -q wvdial

good luck