"modem is busy"

[ElPresidente]

Ok - I just installed Linux for the first time and i've got an external modem blaster and it would always say "modem is busy". It worked in minicom after I changed the device in the config to /dev/ttyS0 from /dev/modem. So I went to kppp and changed it there but now it gets hung in the initialization in kppp but still works in minicom. I'm close here. I can smell it. Any suggestions?

[Xhosea]

What you need to do is create a symbolic link between ttySS0 and dev/MODEM, do this by typing ln -s ttyS0 modem. Do this while in the dev directory.