You might want to check out /var/lock just for grins . . .
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, you wrote:
| DD
|
|
| As root try this command:
|
| /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 auto_irq skip_test autoconfig
|
| If it works then put in your /etc/rc.d/rc.serial. Also change ttyS1 to
| the serial port that your modem is on (0 is #1, 1 is #2, etc). Make the
| file executable if you created an rc.serial, do not worry about anything
| else. The startup script will run this during boot if it exists.
|
| If it does not work then change the irq to something that is not
| assigned and then back the irq for the serial port (irq 4 or irq 3). For
| my laptop I use irq 6. You cannot put this in a startup script. I do not
| know why and have not hacked thru it to find out. I just know that it
| works for my laptop pcmcia modem.
|
|
| Tom
|
| Dennis Davis wrote:
| >
| > Hello
| > I have been using Slackware for some time now, got a Mandrake 6.1 dist with
| > a programming book (GNU C++ for Linux, by Tom Swan). It looked pretty good
| > so I tried it,
| > all was well until I tried to use sound and modem. They are both pnp. I've
| > set them up before
| > without problem, but now if I try to use them I get a busy notice. I've
| > checked /proc and made
| > sure that the io and irq's are not used, and I've tried using minicom with
| > the modem to make sure
| > it wasn't an X problem. But minicom just tells me that I'm online already
| > (I'm not) and
| > kppp says that the modem is busy? All I can think of is that it must be in
| > the startup
| > scripts somewhere and since I came from slackware, Mandrake's startup stuff
| > is different and I
| > haven't figured it out yet. I did managed to screw-up my ptys though, system
| > says it cannot open master side of pty. I really would like to keep this
| > dist on as it has many more featuers
| > than the slackware 4.0 that I have. Can anyone help with this?
| > Thanks Dennis
| >
| > P.S I used to use configuration manager for pnp. Its a kernel patch that
| > puts a dir in proc /proc/cm. I could then enable my pnp modem for instance
| > by putting a simple
| > line in my rc.local script ie. echo d serial,gvc1601 a 2 >/proc/cm/conf .
| > This patch
| > was by David Howells I belive. I haven't been able to find it again and all
| > I have left in a
| > diskette with a 2.0 something kernel on it. It boots nicely but still
| > getthat device busy with mandrake installed!
| > Does anyone know where I can find the current patch? It used to be
| > ??.helmet.???.???, Please don't respond with the pnp stuff included with the
| > kernel source(it sucks).
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