Help REq. for minicom..

[viruss]

Hi,

I have installed Red Hat 7.2 Linux . I want to use minicom to connect external modem with serial port , but when i type minicom in terminal it says /DEV/MODEM is a directory .. I am not able to use minicom ..

When i give command ls -l modem it gives no such file or directory .
( My modem is working fine on other machine )

..................... Viruss

[secretagent]

what com port is the external modem connected to?

you might have to link the com port to /dev/modem...
$ ln -s /dev/ttys<com.port> /dev/modem
where <com.port> = 0-3, which corresponds to com1-4. on the other hand, if you use the gui you have a tool called modemtool which does the same thing. =)

regards,
mark

[viruss]

Originally posted here by secretagent
what com port is the external modem connected to?

My modem is connected at com 1 ttyS0 .. i tried with conecting to com 2 ttyS1.. but it's not working in minicom ..

modem is working with kppp , but still i would like to use minicom as it's easy ..

.. Viruss

[rcgreen]

Originally posted here by secretagent
what com port is the external modem connected to?

you might have to link the com port to /dev/modem...
$ ln -s /dev/ttys<com.port> /dev/modem
where <com.port> = 0-3, which corresponds to com1-4. on the other hand, if you use the gui you have a tool called modemtool which does the same thing. =)

regards,
mark

That is correct. You need to create a Symbolic link, /dev/modem that points
to the right com port

The command is: ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem
to link to the first com port.

minicom always wants to talk to /dev/modem