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From: magnus@thakhasis.solace.mh.se (Magnus Nasholm)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Modem Questions
Date: 23 Dec 1994 14:30:34 +0100
Organization: Solace Computer Club, Sundsvall, Sweden
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Message-ID: <magnus.788189276@thakhasis>
References: <76.336.490.0N966EA3@teaminfinity.com>
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sysop@teaminfinity.com (Sysop) writes:

>Hello we are using BSD386 1.1 and are having a few probs with modems.
>We are using a 386 40SX, with a USR 144000 internal as COM2 2F8.


>        1. How do we get set the modem to answer incoming calls ?

>        2. Why do we get the following message when attempting to
>           dial out with tip ?  This is how we attempt to dial out:

>          myhost#tip ti              <- ti is a DOS BBS we want to call)
>          can't open log file /var/log/aculog
>          Using "/dev/tty01"
>          Segmentation fault (core dumped)     <- The errror message

>           Even though we get dial tone, and the BBS answers etc. ????


>Thanks,

>        sysop@TeamInfinity.com

This sounds like a problem I got on Ultrix after upgrading from 4.2 to 4.3.
Actually I didn't solve it, but I would like to point it out, because it might
be a wider problem than just regarding BSD386...
/Magnus