[KLUG Members] serial ports

[Adam Williams]

> O.K., I can find the mouse but not the modem.
> I can configure minicom to use it without a problem.  Does linux need to 
> know it is a modem (and not just a serial port) for a program like 
> hylafax to use it?

For a communications program you just need to know the device file
(which if minicom works you must know).

A fax package like HylaFAX needs to know about the modem but has tools
(faxsetup in HylaFAX's case) to do that more-or-less automatically.