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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!uknet!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!netmbx.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!zib-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!delos.stgt.sub.org!luva!migieger From: migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich) Subject: Re: Dialout modem References: <768923589snz@bstone.demon.co.uk> <CptFrr.3Lz@luva.stgt.sub.org> <768999798snz@bstone.demon.co.uk> Organization: private FreeBSD site Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 20:01:41 GMT Message-ID: <Cpv0z7.247@luva.stgt.sub.org> Lines: 68 In article <768999798snz@bstone.demon.co.uk>, Ian Steel <Ian@bstone.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <CptFrr.3Lz@luva.stgt.sub.org> > migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org "Michael Giegerich" writes: > >> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions >> Path: bstone.demon.co.uk!demon!bnr.co.uk!bt!pipex!sunic!EU.net!uunet! >> zib-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!delos.stgt.sub.org!luva!migieger >> From: migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich) >> Subject: Re: Dialout modem >> References: <768923589snz@bstone.demon.co.uk> >> Organization: private FreeBSD site >> Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 23:26:01 GMT >> Message-ID: <CptFrr.3Lz@luva.stgt.sub.org> >> Lines: 19 >> >> In article <768923589snz@bstone.demon.co.uk>, >> Ian Steel <Ian@bstone.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >Hello, >> > >> >No matter what I seem to try, I can't get tip/slip/pppd/chat/echo to talk to >> >a modem connected to tty01. >> > >> >I can talk to it using 'cu -ltty01 dir' and then run ifconfig, etc to sort out >> ^^^^^ >> You should use /dev/cua00 to dial out (make sure you did ^^^^^^^^^^ must say `/dev/cua01' >> `/sbin/mknod /dev/cua01 c 28 129' to create /dev/cua01 >> `/sbin/comcontrol /dev/tty00 bidir' to turn on bidir capabilities). ^^^^^^^^^^ must say `/dev/tty01' >> >> Bye, >> -Michael >> -- > >Thanks. The trouble is that my FreeBSD 1.1 doesn't appear to like using these >mythical /dev/cua?? devices :-( They aren't mythical, I use them regularly... > >I tried doing the mknod which went fine, but the comcontrol complained saying >that the ioctl specified wasn't supported for this device. Whats going on? >All I want to do is dial out :-( You did make a kernel which supports the bidir capabilities? Here are the relevant entries in my config file: ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- options "COM_BIDIR" #Bidirectional support in sys/isa/sio.c #For high speed serial lines. device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- in your kernel config file (I hope this wasn't changed for FreeBSD-1.1). Bye, -Michael -- ------------------------------+------------------------------ Michael Giegerich | migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org ------------------------------+------------------------------