kde 3 how to link ttyS4 to modem

[James Richard Tyrer]

robert greer wrote:
>    hi newbie here,
> i get " can't open modem " when trying to configure kppp dialer , have 
> tried to link the /dev/ttyS4 to modem but still get the error.
> so please point me to some doc that will explain how to over come this,
> also how to make ttyS* in /dev/ ? when i have no makedev program?
> thanks
> 

If you don't have: "/dev/ttyS4" then your problem isn't that you need to 
make it.  You probably have: "devfs" which is a virtual device file 
system.  You need to change a configuration file to add devices.

Also, if you are using KPPP, you need to make the alias/link: 
"/dev/modem" to point to the device you are using.  As I understand it, 
you have tried this with the link command but it didn't work.  With: 
"devfs" you also need to add this to the configuration file.

--
JRT

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