On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Pete Harlan wrote: > > In my experience, I've had to turn MGETTY OFF when I wanted to make an > > outbound PPP call. Dunno exactly why. I can dial out when I have MGETTY > > running, if I dial out with something like Minicom. > > This is because they're not putting their lockfiles in the same > directory. Look at the compilation options for both of them and make > sure that they're each using, e.g., "/var/lock/LCK..ttyS0" for the > lockfile, and that they write their pid in the file in ASCII format > (not binary). (This is from the Linux FSSTND.) > > Kermit, Minicom, pppd, any modem software you write, mgetty, etc., > must agree on all of the above, and then it works like a dream. >
I use DCON.. its DCON that can't OPEN the port... pppd works fine, and mgetty work fine.. but its DCON that can't share the port... -- Daniel Stringfield mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jax-inter.net/user/servo Send email for more information on the Jacksonville Linux Users Group! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]