Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-ppc (49 mails)

[seth johnson <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Olaf is probably right on the money with his suggestion. As a knee-jerk
troubleshooting reaction, though, I'd like to recommend that you remove the
switchbox from this configuration until you've got the modem working while it's
directly connected to the computer. When you're troubleshooting something like
this, it helps to remove all the variables possible.

Seth

Robert G Palmer Jr wrote:

> I've got Suse 6.4 (2.2.14 kernel) installed on my Beige G3.  I have
> SupraFaxModem 33.6 hooked up to the modem port through a serial switch box
> (it's set to the modem, I just wanted to include it in the description for
> the sake of being thorough).
>
> I went into Yast and configured the modem for COM1 (yeah, wouldn't it be
> nice if the choices were actually - modem/printer port).
>
> I then went to the auto modem detect.  I saw the lights flash on the modem,
> but the auto detect failed.
>
> I created a file 'afile' that contained the following lines:
>
> ATH0
> ATZ
> ATDT 5551212
>
> I then executed the following line:
>
> cat afile > /dev/modem
> and
> cat afile > /dev/ttyS0
>
> both produced the same results, the lights on the modem flashed, but I never
> heard it try to dial.
>
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