USB modem installation

[Antonie Kriek]

check to see if its maybe under 

/dev/sda or something similiar

also unplug the usb modem then wait a while then plug it in again then type in 

dmesg

this will show you the kernel messages and it will show you what has
been picked up by the usb port.


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:24:33 +0000, John French <cjf at tow.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:32:07 +1300, Bill Christiansen wrote :
> 
>         4. To break the circle, I bought another USB modem, this time                   one
> listed in the Knowledge Base at http://start.at/modem as a                      real
> hardware modem (OK with Linux) (MultiTech MT5634ZBA-USB).                       Now, the
> device manager sees it, but there is nothing in the                     /dev directory,
> which I can use to implement it.
> 
>     Hardware modems usually show up on /dev/ttyS0 - ttyS4, but I haven't
>     actually tried a usb one so that may be a bit different.
> 
> Right, I had hoped to find something under /dev/ttyS0 - 4, or maybe
> /dev/ttyUSB0, or, even better, /dev/modem, but no, nothing. Not even
> after a re-install with the modem connected.
> 
> Any advice on how I kick-start warty into seeing a USB modem ?
> 
> John
> 
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