modem on serial port

[golfer]

On 10/10/06, Harold Hartley <haroldh at midmaine.com> wrote:
> I am trying to get my external modem to be seen by kubuntu to setup a
> modem to dial-up my isp, but not getting anywheres.
> Has anyone had any problem trying to use the serial ports for like a
> modem or other things.
> If so, what did you find for the solution as I have tried many things to
> get it to work right.

IIRC all you have to do is plug in and power up the modem before you
boot linux.  The kernel will see it on ttyS0 and load any necessary
driver.  You can use 'sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf' from a
terminal to confirm it was found and see which tty it's on.  Then you
should be able to configure you're dialer, being sure to pick
/dev/ttyS0 as the device.

There's a linux HOWTO covering serial port modems, if this doesn't work.

HTH