On Tue, Dec 23, 1997 at 11:54:05AM -0500, Will Lowe wrote: > I need to set ttyS3 to irq 10 to use my modem. I've been doing this as > setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq 10 > > but this requires me to be root. Wouldn't be a problem to set it once on > boot with a root-owned script, but after ttyS3 is used for a while (e.g. > by pppd or minicom) it reverts to irq 3, requiring me to setserial again. > > Is there any way to either set the irq permanently (hardcode it in > someplace) or allow a normal user to setserial? I've gotten around it in > my pppd setup by writing a script which essentially does > > setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq 10 > pppd dial net > > but I'm leary of writing too many root-permissioned scripts to be executed > in user space. Of course, if this isn't a security concern, I could > write one for minicom and everything else that uses the modem, but that > sounds kinda silly. > > Will
Have you compiled serial support as a module? If so, try having it loaded from /etc/modules instead of letting kerneld load it on demand. If you have serial compiled into the kernel, just ignore me. Adam Klein -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
