On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, John Ericson wrote:

I have tried for quite some time now to get my modem to work under linux, but I have failed. When I do a 'Query Modem' under 'Configuration/Modem' in kppp I get an message like this:

Sorry, the modem is busy.

I get this every time I tries, If anyone of you has any suggestions of what I should do, please answer me.

Maybe there's a lock file lying around in /var/lock. But then, kppp should be able to to detect that a lock file is stale. Uwe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uwe Thiem Tel: +264 - 061 - 244511 P.O.Box 30955 Fax: +264 - 061 - 244511 Windhoek Email: uwe@uwix.alt.na Republic of Namibia uwe@kde.org <A HREF="http://www.kde.org"><A HREF="http://www.kde.org</A">http://www.kde.org</A</A>> ********************************** You can still escape from the GATES of hell: Use KDE! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>