Gunner wrote:
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 06:06:39 -0500, the seventh sign
wrote:

In a console (command line with a shell)
Type "su" then enter
then your root password enter

Once done type dmesg then enter.
If you want it sent to a printer or txt file instead type "dmesg name
of text file.txt then enter for txt for printer "dmesg lpt0 or lpt1
depending on the number.
this will display more less the boot time messages and you can look for
ttyS0 or a line with ttyS in it.
Once found in the shell type " ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem" links the
modem to a place more usable by the kppp and if up and if down dialing
programs. just be sure it corresponds with the ttyS number you find in
that dmesg.

Yes i dual boot with both and they pretty much both have too many bugs
but I'll take linux any day over MS due to the fact they bought gator
and relaxed their adware / malware setting on gator software.
Once adware / malware always adware / malware. there is no excuse for it
and there is no reprieve for it!.

TSS


Thanks for the heads up on linux. Im still at the toddler stage as far
as commands and whatnot are concerned, and have been relying on GUI to
get things done. Ive got a couple Linux books, but they assume the
reader knows more than I do.

Sigh..and I was so comfortable with command line dos for years...

Gunner

Liberals - Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends
of every country save their own. Benjamin Disraeli

Ask and I'll teach you up to the limits of what i know.
which is enough to get you going in the system.
Tell me which distro and I'll tell you what manually needs fixed.

The grep command i think will work too.
in command line "dmesg | grep ttyS" thanks to Jamie's post.

If you want to see how open your box is type in command line "ps -aux"
and hit enter you would be surprised. It will show you ports (access
lines to the net) that are open and what is using them.

TSS

WARNING!: ZoneAlarm 6.0.631.003 if installed as an upgrade totally
screwed up my system! it turned off all the programs i said were good
and disallowed network connections. it also saw parts of microsoft power
toys as a virus. just a heads up. It is turning into a piece of crapware
like the MS wares it is suppose to protect.
It has taken me 2 hours to figure out how to fix it.
I had to delete the multiple entries of various programs and allow them
manually so they could connect to the net.
I have lost full automatic functions of ZA pro.
Manually doing this stuff is like pulling teeth with out a 1/5 of
whiskey first.