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From: Rafael <raffi@ark.linwin.com>
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Making Device Fiiles
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:19:50 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020129111950.A6641@ark.linwin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201291240170.2807-100000@localhost.localdomain>; from director@chpi.org on Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:44:29PM -0600

You can make a link like this
cd /dev
ln -s ttyS1 modem

that's assuming your second serial port is on ttyS1

or you could reconfigure minicom to talk to /dev/ttyS1 instead of modem. 
There are other params you need to change in minicom anyway and changing 
modem device won't be hard.

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:44:29PM -0600, John J. Boyer wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to set up minicom to work with a special modem for
> communicating with the deaf relay service and with deaf friends and
> customers. The modem is in serial port 2. The parameters are 300 baud, 8
> data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, half duplex. The 300 baud speed is
> standard for this application, since people are just typing. When I do
> minicom -s
> as root, I get the message that it cannot find /dev/modem. So how do I
> make this file? I am using Redhat 7.1.
> Thanks.
> John
> 
> 
> -- 
> Computers to Help People, Inc.
> http://www.chpi.org
> 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703

-- 
Rafael




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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 John J. Boyer
 ` Rafael [this message]
 ` Janina Sajka
   ` John J. Boyer
     ` Rafael
       ` John J. Boyer
         ` Nicolas Pitre
         ` Rafael
         ` L. C. Robinson
     ` Janina Sajka
 ` Cheryl Homiak
 ` Nicolas Pitre
   ` A. R. Vener

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