[ltp] X21 with ultrabay and external modem on ttyS0

[nut megger]

   I have a thinkpad x21 with na ultrabay docking
station. I
have connected an external modem to the docking
station and then tried to configure a modem network
device to use with fedora core 2 using Gnome. Fedora
core 2 does recognize devices on the docking station,
such at the mouse port, diskette drive and CDrom
drive. However, no matter which serial device address
I select to activate for the modem, I get a hang, then
an error sometimes, like error 6 or error 7. I have no
idea what
the error means and the system cannot activate the
modem device on the selected serial device. I know
that once activated, I can use "modem lights" to dial
up to my ISP. And yes, the modem is on.

Same external modem works on other systems so I know
it is a decent serial device.  It sits on ttyS0.

I'd prefer to configure through Gnome, and not to use
a command line instruction - sort of defeats the
purpose to running Gnome :)

I have tried shell commands and still no response.  I
have used Mandrake 10.0 and RedHat 9.0 – still no
response.

I am now back to Fedora Core 2 and hoping someone has
a solution here.

Thanks!



	
		
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