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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!news.mcgill.ca!homer.cs.mcgill.ca!fox From: fox@cs.mcgill.ca (Colin BRADLEY) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [NetBSD] am I the only guy who's CU doesn't work??? Date: 26 Nov 1994 21:07:00 GMT Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Lines: 34 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3b881k$8pa@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> References: <3avduk$esj@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> <3b565p$r36@orion.cc.andrews.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: marge.cs.mcgill.ca In article <3b565p$r36@orion.cc.andrews.edu>, Andrew Gillham <gillham@andrews.edu> wrote: >In article <3avduk$esj@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> fox@cs.mcgill.ca (Colin BRADLEY) writes: >> >> I feel very alone right now. I guess the biggest reason >> is that I CAN'T DIAL OUT OF MY MACHINE. > >Turn off you modem, flip the dipswitch that forces carrier detect high, >trun it back on, try tip/cu... There seems to be some black magic >needed to talk to the modem, mine currently has to have CD high or it >won't connect. Putting "softcar" on the appropriate line in /etc/ttys >should fix it also. Thanks for the replies, to those who have taken the time. I will look into these options in further detail, having had no success with the softcar thing in the past (yes, even after rebooting...). One thing, though, I read on netbsd-bugs a while ago something to the effect that 'one should *never* use softcar on a modem line..'. Comments? Colin. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- fox@cs.mcgill.ca Colin Bradley Anything that is good and useful is made of chocolate.