Making permanent link to Modem in Mepis

**loninappleton** · 04-21-2005, 03:40 PM

Apparently thereis a known bug in Simply Mepis which
refuses to hold a symlink to a device. I used the
following tip, but still no modem and the OS did not recognize the command sequence.

I did the procedure and got a 'cannot execute
command'

I did the following things in order:

[root]

Go to /etc/modutils/modem

open editor

add the 2 lines:

pre-install serial rm /dev/modem
post-install serial ln -s/dev/ttyS0/dev/modem

[run box in KDE] update-modutils

The run box told me it could not run the command.

So still no modem.

batty_professor · 04-21-2005, 05:35 PM

I risk missing the mark on this, but I suspect you're missing a chmod command in there someplace. I also saw this about running local applications at boot. http://faq.mepis.net/index.php?actio...=47&artlang=en
I haven't found time to check out some of these other distro's that have been brought to the forum. And probably won't through these summer months. My apologies.

**loninappleton** · 04-21-2005, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by batty_professor

I risk missing the mark on this, but I suspect you're missing a chmod command in there someplace. I also saw this about running local applications at boot. http://faq.mepis.net/index.php?actio...=47&artlang=en
I haven't found time to check out some of these other distro's that have been brought to the forum. And probably won't through these summer months. My apologies.

Ok. I'll take a look.

The commands I've shown came from the Mepis org
forum. This has gotten way out of hand.

What really p*****s me off is that everytime I'm given a solution, I put it in and get "bad command" or "permissions denied' or other things I shouldn't have to be messing with it all having just installed the OS.

That is what's infuriating.

I might as well just sit back until someone releases a live
cd that works. I have Ubuntu, but the default desktop is Gnome and wanted to get used to KDE because that is
what is covered in a vast majority of the tutorials and books.

This forum has been very responsive to my questions.

Skie · 04-22-2005, 08:32 PM

You're typing in the command without any spaces so it looks wrong. You need to do this:

Code:

ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem

Basically, read it this way: <command name> <option> <parameter 1> <parameter 2>

The way you were typing it, it was like this: <command name> <option>

Without any spaces, the command doesn't realize that what you typed is 3 seperate things, it just sees it as 1 long option string.

04-21-2005, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
loninappleton TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 655 OS: Win2k, XP	Making permanent link to Modem in Mepis Apparently thereis a known bug in Simply Mepis which refuses to hold a symlink to a device. I used the following tip, but still no modem and the OS did not recognize the command sequence. I did the procedure and got a 'cannot execute command' I did the following things in order: [root] Go to /etc/modutils/modem open editor add the 2 lines: pre-install serial rm /dev/modem post-install serial ln -s/dev/ttyS0/dev/modem [run box in KDE] update-modutils The run box told me it could not run the command. So still no modem.

04-21-2005, 05:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
batty_professor Asst. Manager, Alternative Computing Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hooterville Il 45 mi. east of St. Louis mo Posts: 2,609 OS: Fedora Core 5 for now	I risk missing the mark on this, but I suspect you're missing a chmod command in there someplace. I also saw this about running local applications at boot. http://faq.mepis.net/index.php?actio...=47&artlang=en I haven't found time to check out some of these other distro's that have been brought to the forum. And probably won't through these summer months. My apologies. __________________ It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me. B. While users are never under any obligation, if you feel the urge please feel free to visit our donation page. Every little bit helps. And we thank you for your support. Microsoft free Registered Linux user 397458

04-22-2005, 08:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Downers Grove, IL Posts: 1,821 OS: Gentoo Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux, CentOS My System	You're typing in the command without any spaces so it looks wrong. You need to do this: Code: ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem Basically, read it this way: <command name> <option> <parameter 1> <parameter 2> The way you were typing it, it was like this: <command name> <option> Without any spaces, the command doesn't realize that what you typed is 3 seperate things, it just sees it as 1 long option string. __________________