[Gllug] Where has the modem gone

Alex Hudson home at alexhudson.com
Wed Nov 21 11:39:06 UTC 2001


On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 11:19, will wrote:
> I have just installed Redhat 7.2 (excellent install).  In Suse the 
> modem seemed to already be configured after install but it isn't with
> redhat. I get messges from wvdial like '/dev/modem busy' and stuff,
> but there isn't an entry /dev/modem in the dev directory.  What do I
> need to get one there?

Have you tried the RedHat control panel, or 'modemtool'? Possibly also
Kudzu should be able to detect it - what type of modem is it? Was it
turned on when you installed?

> I hate outlook express so this is pretty important :-)

I'd say. People with crappy email clients are going to scream at that
html attachment....

Cheers,

Alex.



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