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Old 06-23-2001, 02:58 PM   #1
s_sidds
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Question "Sorry, modem busy"


dear friend,
i configured my modem under red hat 7by using kppp.
i gave in th isp's telephone no.,usr name & pwd
As my modem is at COM-4 so i set the device as /dev/ttyS3
Now when i click on connect or try "Query Modem"
it responds by saying "Sorry, modem busy".
i've tried re booting.
all works fine in Windows.
i'm also confused as what DNS entries should i give.
I am using the 10 hour pack from HCL Infinet
Kindly Help
waiting in anticipation
-sidds
 
Old 06-23-2001, 04:13 PM   #2
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the problem sounds like the modem isn;t detected. is it a winmodem? (in windows does 'win' feature in the name or HCF?

or is it a ISA one? if it is then it should work. it'll just need some elbow greese to get it working.

Alex
 
Old 06-24-2001, 01:27 AM   #3
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usually modem busy means a irq or i/o conflict or its confused with the serial address or something. have you checked out the modem howto at www.linuxdoc.org ? good stuff there.
 
Old 06-24-2001, 03:36 AM   #4
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Try this out

http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html

Best darn Howto there is
 
Old 06-24-2001, 05:27 PM   #5
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try this

you need to go to this link and you will find solution for your modem problem.please read the whole passage.

http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/3cp5610.txt
 
Old 06-28-2001, 04:46 AM   #6
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what modem do you use?
i had the same problem with my dax modem and found that it was a linmodem
cheers
 
  


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