Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 10:53:38 +0100 (BST) From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Chris Chizk <781185@ican.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem questions Message-ID: <199805280953.KAA11299@hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <111556490@toto.iv>
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Chris Chizk said: >I am trying to set up may macine to dial into my isp and when using the >ppp command I get an error message Device not configured and gives the >device name. In the ppp case it is cuaa1 but this has happened for other >devices aswell. What besides the obvious does this mean? How can I >configure a device? This does not seem to be related to the MAKEDEV >script b/c i have attempted to make a device and it does not solve the >problem... Also, is there a command that either lists all configured >devices or all the devices that the machine can detect? >Thanks in advance for any answer. >CLC. 'Device not configured' means that the kernel couldn't find the device in question at boot time...in this case your second serial port (aka COM2). Does that port actually exist? It would help if you could post the output of the 'dmesg' command to the list, so we can see what your kernel thinks is going on. HTH, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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