[tlinux-users:07391] Re: Modem Configuration in <<SUSE 10>>

Amir Hosein Jadidi Nejad wrote:
> ttys<number> like ttys0 . my modem is configure in COM3 in windows.

This may be your problem:
Excerpt:
Since DOS provided for 4 serial ports on the old ISA bus: COM1-COM4,
ttyS0-ttyS3 (tts/0-tts/3) most serial ports on the newer PCI bus use
higher numbers such as ttyS4 (tts/4) or ttyS14 (tts/14) for kernel 2.6.
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<http://www.linux.com/howtos/Modem-HOWTO-9.shtml>

	mark

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