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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: root@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Charlie &) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ppp and cuaa2 config Date: 18 Sep 1996 02:34:35 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <51njjb$167@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <323EB007.6EEA4806@ibg.ljo.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] John Fleming (fleming@ibg.ljo.dec.com) wrote: : I'm trying to connect to an ISP using PPP. My modem is on COM3 : so in ppp.conf I have a line in the default that says "set device : /dev/cuaa2". When I invoke ppp and enter "term" it comes back with : "can't open the modem". I know the modem works on com3 because I'm : dual booting with WFW 3.1 and I can boot windows and dial out on it. : Any clues on how to fix this? Have you got a /dev/cuaa2 ? Is it major 28, minor 130 ? It shouldn't be a permission problem as ppp is suid ! Did you sio2 probe properly (dmesg) ? Are you using an unused IRQ (not 4) ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....