<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Sean Bruno <<a href="mailto:sean.bruno@dsl-only.net">sean.bruno@dsl-only.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 16:29 -0500, max bianco wrote: > > > 2008/2/22 Mikkel L. Ellertson <<a href="mailto:mikkel@infinity-ltd.com">mikkel@infinity-ltd.com</a>>: > > max bianco wrote: > > Can someone point me to a good modem how to? I am trying to > setup a > > dial-in server and I cannot detect my modem but it is listed > in lspci. > > When i run wvdialconf i get no modem detected. I have tried > several > > different modems, lspci lists them but my configuration is > obviously > > lacking somewhere, i have used the setserial command but > apparently not > > correctly. i have read and followed several how to's but > none by itself > > seems complete. Can anyone help by pointing me to a good > source for > > modem config on Redhat and clones. I know not all modems > are compatible > > so a suggestion for an internal modem that is know to work > is also > > welcome. I have a lot of old internal modems lying around so > one is > > bound to be compatible. I have tried conextant, agere, ESS, > and > > smartlink internal modems. From what I understand I'd have > better luck > > with an external modem but I don't have one lying around > so..... > > > > Thanks, > > > > Max > > > > Let me make sure I understand what you are trying to do. If I > am > reading things right, you want people to be able to dial into > your > machine, and log in (or make a ppp connection). If this is the > case, > you need to configure mgetty for the ports you want. You then > need > to create entries for each line in /etc/inittab. They used to > include examples in inittab, but they do not any more. There > are > examples in the inittab man page. There is also a fair amount > of > documentation included in the gmetty package. > > Yes I want to be able to dial in and access the network. However I am > having trouble dialing out from my f8 box as it does not detect the > modem. The dial-in server is centos actually but it has the same > problem, it cannot detect the modem that is installed. So I figure > these as my first two hurdles, getting both boxes to recognize that > they have modems then setting up the stuff you suggest with mgetty or > do i have to configure mgetty to get my modem recognized in the first > place? The mgetty config would only be needed on the machine i dial in > to right? > > Thanks, > > Max > > </div></div>> -- Can you post the output of lspci -vv for your modem please? Sean -</blockquote><div> Here you go and thanks for the help. </div>01:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 08) Subsystem: Aztech System Ltd Dell Mercury - MDP3880-U(B) Data Fax Modem Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 32 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Region 1: I/O ports at 9000 [size=8] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Thanks, Max <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> - fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote></div>