I am able to use my com port for my modem, but i've had a few other obsecure problems that I have to look into. I think you should be able to at least access your com port.
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Richard White wrote: > Hi: > I'm having what have so far turned out to be insoluble problems with dosemu > (1.1.99.1) under Redhat 9 > > 1) Current status/environment: > RedHat 9 (kernel 2.4.20), with Dosemu 1.1.99.1 and matching freedos binaries > installed per instructions, which worked as specified. To be able to check > on possible permissions issues, it was installed separately both in my user > home and in root's. > > ~/dosemu/conf/dosemurc has been changed as follows:- > $_com1 = "/dev/ttyS0" > $_printer = "lpr" > > After the above, all DOS apps I have tried seem to run nicely EXCEPT in regard > to port access, as follows:- > > 1) On trying to print from DOS, (either via e.g. "copy autoexec.bat LPT1:"or > via DBase III, which otherwise runs correctly, and which prints to LPT1:), we > get the same error message: > "lpr: unable to print file client-not-found" > This same message appears whether or not I am running as root. > > 2) On starting an app that needs Com1, we get a message "error initializing > serial port" I do not know where this is generated. as above, the message is > the same whether running as root or as a normal user, so permissions may not > be the problem. > > I have checked permissions as follows:- > A) /var/lock = 777 (note that in RH9, the only content of /var/lock seems to > be a 'subsys' directory, which - is this a configuration issue that needs to > be addressed? ( i have tried changing the value of ttylocks to match (i.e. > to /var/lock/subsys), but with no effect) > > B) /dev/ttyS0 = 666 > Thus as far as I can see, i have made all the changes that are normally > suggested, unless I am missing something. > > Has anyone seen behaviour like this, and/or an anyone advise how to diagnose > this please? > > thanks! > > Richard White > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
