Ed Doolittle wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
>
> >> Look at the mgetty package.
>
> > mgetty watches the modem continuously looking for "RING"
> > strings to come in (instead of the modem sitting in auto-answer
> > mode). That means it locks the modem, thus making diald unable
> > to dial out (unless he has multiple modems and multiple phone
> > lines.)
>
> No, mgetty uses ESP to watch the modem line. :-) It doesn't
> continously lock the modem. At least get the package and read the
> docs, you will be pleasantly surprised.
>
> Ed
ed's right. mgetty + diald work fine. just make sure you use the same
device name for both, or they'll set up different locks and get confused
(e.g. if /dev/dialin == /dev/dialout do _not_ use both, use just one).
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