Re[2]: Port for standard modem?

[Björn J. <kh...@te...>]

Alan Buxey wrote about Port for standard modem?:

> 
> hi,
> 
> > What is the standard port for ppp?
> > I have a A4000 with a 56k telix modem
> > connected on the standard serial port.
> > 
> > I assume it is ttyS0 but I'm not sure..
> > The pppconfig program couldn't identify
> > which port the modem was connected so
> > either the modem isn't recognized by my
> > Debian system OR the ppp is not compiled
> > into the kernel, and since loading of
> > modules fails, this is not an option.
> 
> its /dev/ttyS0
> 
> you have to give the full device path to such comms programs.
> 
> why does module loading fail?  have you examined
> the contents of your /lib/modules/{kernel-version} directory
> fully?
> 
> alan

/dev/ttyS0 is the device which is used by pppconfig.
But when I use pon provider, nothing happens. Although
I have made an input where I stated the correct
preferences for my ISP.

depmod -a gives no errors. No modules is installed upon
startup, and when I try to start a module using modprobe
I get unresolved dependencies. I really don't know what
to do except trying another kernel.

Is PPP really supposed to work with the 2.4.18-apus
kernel? My old experience with older kernels gave me
problems when I was trying to use modules, but when I
compiled my own kernel with the necessary utilities
compiled into the kernel, these utilies started to work.

So at the present, I need a working 2.4.18-apus(or newer)
kernel with ppp and some other stuff compiled into
the kernel.


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