Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:09:48 -0500 From: leegold <leegold@operamail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: ac@acampbell.org.uk Subject: RE: Time to give up I fear Message-ID: <3C502016@operamail.com>
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>===== Original Message From Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> ===== >On Tuesday, 22 January 2002 at 11:28:29 +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: >> I rather fear I've reached the point of no return with FreeBSD. Please >> understand this isn't a flame in any sense; the problems are probably a >> reflection of my own ignorance, but after a lot of work and lots of help >> from users I'm still unable to communicate with my modem, either on my >> laptop or my desktop. Neither tip nor ppp works for me. I have no >> problems with either on Linux so it can hardly be a hardware or BIOS >> problem. Sorry to state the obvious but have tried minicom? btw, "Linux : Installation, Configuration, Use" by M. Kofler has good modem setup info that helped me in Freebsd. I apologize if you already have tried this, I have not kept up w/your thread. You use minicom to see if you can "talk" to your modem. If after trying minicon and possibly playing w/the bios, the irq, looking at #demseg, the modem's hardware jumpers, and trying whatever they say in freebsd-questions, or comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, if after that you still can't do "ATZ" in minicom and get the modem to answer "OK", then hang it up (oh wow, a pun). BUT, then after ATZ OK works, use minicom to manually dial the isp and you can see exactly what the log in process is, and that can help w/the ppp part of it. If you report the login you see in minicom to freebsd-questions (better to post it there [though you could try going under the radar and post it in newbies - but more tech ques. aren't supposed to be posted here]) you will definately get ppp up. Lee G. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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