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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!vyzynz!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!info.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!Nuxi.com!not-for-mail From: obrien@Nuxi.com (David E. O'Brien) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Minicom Date: 4 May 1996 12:38:32 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4mfj48$8i8@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <4loed4$v1m@uwm.edu> <LARSON.96Apr29153653@duncan.cs.utk.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Chris Larson (larson@cs.utk.edu) wrote: : In article <4loed4$v1m@uwm.edu> bacon@miller.cs.uwm.edu (Jason Bacon) writes: : : :>I compiled it on my 2.1.0 system without any problems, but for some reason : :>it can't get in touch with my modem. It can't be a hardware problem, : :>since I'm using seyon at this moment. I tried compiling with -DBSD : :>and -DSYSV. Both compiled fine, but neither one would connect to the modem. : It may expect your modem device to be linked to /dev/modem : : ln -s /dev/ttyd1 /dev/modem If you are using the FreeBSD port of Minicom that I made, it does indead assume that /dev/modem is a link to what ever device your modem is hanging off of. If you didn't use my Minicom port, I'd suggest you grap it from ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current/comm/minicom (or get the port from the FreeBSD Web page as www.freebsd.org). -- -- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)