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Luca Berra wrote:
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 08:54:48PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:
It seems to work correctly now (if no /dev/modem link is made), but I
think I will have to remove the packages (or do a clean install) and
test again to be sure. I will try again on current cooker.
/dev/modem is evil and should not exist.
unluckily serial port locking works using a file in /var/lock named
after the device node.
If you have /dev/modem linked to /dev/ttyS2 you could open the same
device under two different names from two different apps and this could
produce nightmares and other nuisances.
Well, I am not debating whether /dev/modem is a good idea or not, but it
would be much more work to support anything but /dev/modem (which
drakconnect sets kppp up for etc etc). But if /dev/modem is going to be
used for ltmodem, at least it should work.
Of course, having drakconnect use /dev/tts/LT0 would be better, but
that's not for this Mandrake release I think (too late).
ltmodem's are most popular on laptops, so in most cases I think it's not
an issue that it can be locked, since it's not likely (or the user is
clueless).
Regards,
Buchan
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