sorry your modem is busy

hello
i get this message when i try to connect with my modem us robotics 56k on my mandrake 8

when i do
stty -a -F /dev/ttyS0
i get
stty: /dev/ttyS0: Erreur d'entrée/sortie

thanks for the help

WinModem, internal "real" modem or external?

sorry
it's an external modem
robotics v92 a 56k
it still works with this machine but after a complete reinstall
it gives this messages when connecting via ppp

sorry ,your modem is busy

Is it connected to COM1?
Do you have a serial driver loaded?

(Can we skip these questions? Tell me...)

yes its connected on com1

[root@localhost smbfacile]# cat /proc/ioports

02f8-02ff : serial(auto)

thanks for the help

... but 0x2f8 is COM3...

0x3f8 = COM1
0x3e8 = COM2
0x2f8 = COM3
0x2e8 = COM4

or am i wrong?

Dont know
but i have only one port serie on my computer
(and two port usb)

just a question
if i make a symbolic lien like
ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS1
(today my config is ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS0)
just to try , why not ?

how can i replace the symbolic
ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS0 to
ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS1


thanks

nearly...

you have to switch the two parameters to "ln -s".

(don´t forget to "rm -f " the old link first.)

but if i make
rm -f /dev/modem /dev/ttyS0
and after
ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS1

I have
ln: /dev/ttyS1: fichier existant.

why ?

Be careful with commands that delete stuff!!!
You now deleted /dev/ttyS0 too. Why? because the syntax for rm is:
rm -f <file1> <file2> <file3> <...> <file n>
Oops...
You should only have deleted /dev/modem, i.e. "rm -f /dev/modem".
Lucky one, this "file" can be rebuilt easily:

Then issue the link command again:


M.

PS: One comment to the "rm" command: always use "rm" with the "-f" parameter. Why? because "cd /dev" and then "rm *" would delete your whole filesystem! (not only the files in /dev as you would probably expect)

ok
thanks a lot for this precieus think

just a question

i ve made
ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/modem

and i ve this message
kppp can't find /dev/modem

but i have
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 mar 16 17:09 ttyS1 -> /dev/modem

if a delete /dev/modem
and write
ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem

i get
sorry the modem is busy


not simple ,no?

you got me confused a little, but i just looked up the syntax for "ln". it is as i said "ln -s <source> <dest>", so this is probably a relict from one of your tries. This is a symbolic link called "ttyS1" that points to /dev/modem. But it should be the other way around. (symbolic link called "modem" that points to "ttyS1").

If you linked "modem" to ttyS1 too, you have made a circular reference.

If you now linked "modem" to "ttyS0", /dev/ttyS1 would point to /dev/ttyS0 and thus be the same file.

Delete this one too ("rm -f /dev/ttyS1") and run "./MAKEDEV ttyS1" to restore the original device node.