Dilwyn wrote: >Oh, speaking of "when do I get...", anyone heard from Jonathan Dent >recently regarding soql TCP/IP and its progress (or lack of)?
Phoebus wrote: The (beta) version I have worked extremely well with my BSD box here and with one in Greece where we set it up (Had to because I have no dialup net access). Me *thinks* he's active still (based on obscure and highly classified info I have) Jon. writes: Yeah still active. I've been really bogged down with trying to get Linux working with two serial ports on my Notebook. I need to be able to test both ends of the connection and I think soql on uqlx talking to linux over two ports will be the most convenient (and nearest to reality) way to test. Only trouble is my serial port (only have one) is permanently asleep. I bought a USB-Serial converter to try and it worked with linux if I didn't mind the Baud rate being wrong. I couldn't get the built in port to work anymore so I bought another USB-Serial converter of another make (i.e. BAFO). It didn't work at all on linux. Looking through the mailing lists I realised I needed a newer kernel. My attempts to compile one led to me completely frying linux because the disk space ran out in the middle. I had to re- install. About this time the new Red-Hat distro. came out so I re- partitioned my HD and installed it. Unfortunately although there was a newer kernel the BAFO still didn't work. After some email exchanges with the author of the driver who was very helpful we came to the conclusion that my kernel was still too immature. I've now obtained, compiled and installed a new kernel and both USB-Serial ports are working properly (baud rate inclusive). I've installed Richards latest uqlx (thanks Richard it's great) and soql is reinstalled and I'm ready to go. This takes us up to last weekend. I'd get most of the PPP stuff put into soql before this escapade but it wasn't working, hence the need for the linux installation. I don't like to predict when I'll be finished but I am actively pursuing my goal. Jon
