Unable to open modem?

**Burgos** · 05-09-2004, 06:41 PM

Hi! Today I was instaled Knoppix 3.4 on my HDD.
I have intel 537 modem. Drivers are downloaded & unpacked.
I have log in as root and compiled drivers:
make clean
make all
make inastall
I have set up KPPP and IT IS WORKING!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avaj, then I have loged in as User, opened KPPP and dial.
Then it says: "Unable to open modem". All settings are same, modem is in /dev/ but I can dial only in root user. HELP!!!!!!!

**sb73542** · 05-10-2004, 01:51 AM

Try this in a console **as root**:

ln -f /dev/ttyS4 /dev/modem

If that doesn't work, try the same thing except use /dev/ttyS0, 1, 2, or 3.

**tom harrison** · 06-17-2004, 04:26 PM

After installing to my hard drive, all was well. Then I uninstalled a few packages I didn't need. The next time I tried to dial out I got the message, "unable to open modem." I found that the mode for /dev/ttyS0,1,and 2 had been reset to c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. I changed the mode back to crw-rw-rw-, and all was well again.