From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A8A93ECF5 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:45:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2PFjIm25184 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:45:19 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2PFjIT19904 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:45:18 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2PFjIi19897 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:45:18 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2PFjIm25176 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:45:18 -0500 Received: from toccata.grg.afb.net (1Cust121.tnt1.lax7.da.uu.net [67.193.227.121]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2PFgvu15792 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:42:57 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2PFZUE02572 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:35:31 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 07:35:30 -0800 (PST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.grg.afb.net To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: modems In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020325090602.00a7f270@facstaff.wisc.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Jackie: Linux doesn't have com ports. That's a Windows word and it doesn't apply on linux. On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Jack Heim wrote: > My info on the issues you bring up is about 2 years old but I think it > probably is still correct... Your items 2-4 below depend on your software > and not on the modem. For software, I think you want to go with mgetty. You > can probably do the things you want to do through mgetty's caller ID > feature. You have to have caller ID on your phone line of course. > > I did a little reading before I bought my modem and the prevailing wisdom > on the linux newsgroups was to use an external modem. An internal modem is > going to add a third com port to your machine. By default, com3 would be on > the same IRQ as com1. If you get an external modem, you can connect it to > com1 or com2 and avoid that problem. > > A friend of mine has an internal modem in his machine and he got it to work > by disabling com2 on the motherboard and forcing the modem to use com2. I > don't know how he did that though and he's on spring break now so I can't > ask him. I think he did it via the Windows setup program that came with the > modem. > > Anyway, I think you'll be able to do what you want through a combination of > an external modem and mgetty. > > > At 09:27 PM 3/23/02 -0600, you wrote: > > >What is a good modem to get that works under linux that can do the following: > >1. voice/data/fax > >2. trace the calls coming in if it's on an inside line rather than an > >outside direct line, i.e you have to dial 9 to get an outside line. > >3. would allow me to hook my regular phone up to it > >4. would be able to block callers based on what number they call from. > >I use both windows and linux, and am on a lan there, but at home, I will > >have to go back to dialup again. I don't even use the modem in my system > >right now, but could hook it up for blocking calls if there's no other way > >but to let them go to voice mail and never answer any calls. *60 doesn't > >get in to a prompt to do it, and dialing 9*60 doesn't work either. > >Thanks. > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list mailing list > >Blinux-list@redhat.com > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org