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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!sgigate.sgi.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!docws001!ottnews!tomqnx.tomqnx.com!tom From: "\"Tom Torrance at home\"" <tom@tomqnx.com> Subject: Re: Modem at COM3: can't find it! In-Reply-To: <4q6227$qc0@panix.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 159.249.8.221 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960618224218.218A-100000@tomqnx.tomqnx.com> To: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com> Sender: usenet@ottnews.shl.com (News Administrator) Organization: SHL Systemhouse Inc. (Ottawa) References: <4q4bho$7ht@netnews.upenn.edu> <4q6227$qc0@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 02:46:43 GMT Lines: 48 My understanding is different but is not definitive because I haven't personally done it. COM3 and COM4 are real - they use different I/O ports. The problem is that they share IRQs with the other serial ports. You have to gen a kernel that specifies 'conflicts' in the device specification. There are samples showing what to do in the LINT file. On 18 Jun 1996, Barry Masterson wrote: > Mike Berry (berrym@red.seas.upenn.edu) wrote: > : BSD gurus, > > : I've got an internal modem on COM3; I can get to it via > : MS-Kermit if I boot MS-DOS; but can't seem to access it via > : /dev/cuaa2, or any other /dev/cuaa* (using the nifty user-ppp > : package) > > : Has anyone had an experience like this? > > : Thanks for any suggestions. > > I was in the same situation at one time. As I understand it, your pc > really only has two com ports, 3 & 4 under dos are not real. FreeBSD > only recognizes sio0 & sio1 (com 1 & 2). > > You'll have to move your modem to sio1 (com2), and most likely > disable com2 on your controller card, as well as setting any modem > jumpers/switches that apply to com ports. > > Provided your setup is not any complicated, getting FreeBSD to > recognize your modem is a simple process. > > Barry Masterson > jbarrm@panix.com > > -- > >--->--->--->--->---> > FreeBSD 2.1.0-R > <---<---<---<---<---< > > -- tom@tomqnx.com Tom Torrance 27 Dayton Cr., Nepean Ont., Canada K2H 7N8 My opinions are personal, and not those of my employer.