Re: modem mute and num lock

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 08:09:20PM -0600, Fred Grant wrote:
> How do I mute the modem when dialing my isp?  The selections on the
> provided control don't seem to do anything.

That depends on what your PPP software is doing to the modem.  It may
be sufficient to bring up the modem with minicom and give it these
commands:

atm0
at&w0

The first command turns off the speaker at all times.  The second
command writes that configuration to memory so that whem other
software does an "atz" or "atz0" to reset the modem, it will be
configured with the speaker off.

> I'd also like to have the
> num lock enabled when my gui desktop is loaded.
> 
> Thenks

Don't know about that one.  It may depend on the window manager you
are using.  A quick Google of "num lock linux" turned this up as the
third reference:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/1/2000/12/4/488

A similar solution is given in the fourth reference:

http://linux.wku.edu/pipermail/wku-linux/2003-March/000323.html

Google is your friend.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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