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From: Ian@bstone.demon.co.uk (Ian Steel)
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Modem unusable :-(
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In article <1994Jun22.234503.4965@news.csuohio.edu>
stever@csuohio.edu "Steve Ratliff" writes:
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> Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Modem unusable :-(
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> Ian Steel (Ian@bstone.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> : Hello,
>
> : Can someone PLEASE help me as it has been 2 months now and I still can't get
> : my modem to hangup when using FreeBSD 1.1
>
> Try recompiling your kernel with "option COM_BIDIR" then do a
> "mknod cua01 c 28 129" in your dev directory. Then in your
> /etc/rc.local file put a "comcontrol /dev/cua01 bidir" line in it. Then
> reboot your system and use only the /dev/cua01 device for dialing out
> from your system. This should hopefully solve your problem with 1.1R.
>
> Steve
>
Thanks for the advice Steve, but I'm afraid that didn't work either :-(
It produced the message 'Device not configured' when trying to do the
comcontrol. I have double checked that I have recompiled the correct kernel
with the OPTION as specified above, but its still not working.
I'm afraid that I shall have to give up and get on with Linux instead. Its a
shame because I think that FreeBSD seems to be a good o/s to use, but if I
can't use my modem with it then I'm afraid that it is not for me :-(
Thanks again for your help...
--
Ian Steel
(Ex FreeBSD user(?) :-( )