FC3 fail to activate (modem) with error 2

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 10.03.2005 schrieb Fedora Q um 17:33:

> > Biggest problem is the modem. It all looks the same but maybe I've neglected to tick/untick something. 
> > When I ask it to activate modem (ppp0) it doesn't even start to dial just flicks up message saying that 
> > it "fail to activate XXX with error 2".  
> > 
> > Cannot find mention of "error 2" with regard to modem activation in previous threads.
> 
> Your modem is an external one or internal? 
> 
> Sorry, forgot to mention it's an external 56kbps Hayes-type connected to computer via serial port

> johnno

Ok, so it should be no real problem to get it running. You should maybe
"play" with minicom to see whether the modem responds properly. And
please see the notes on

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-17.html

Alexander


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