Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!opusc!yarnall From: yarnall@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Yarnall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: getty, VLT, and modem0.device Message-ID: <1990Nov9.233256.24776@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu> Date: 9 Nov 90 23:32:56 GMT References: <1990Nov7.050320.11615@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu> Organization: Math Department, University of South Carolina (ahem; The USC) Lines: 32 In article jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) writes: +yarnall@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Yarnall) writes: +>but after certain actions (eg, +>if I hang up the modem with VLT -- this is the only one I can currently +>reproduce, though I think there may be others), getty will seemingly +>disappear. status reports it is gone, and so does Xoper. Often, if I +>attempt to restart getty after this has happened, the machine will crash, and +>when it does guru, it's a 00000004.xxxx - type guru + +I think it is a problem with VLT, the 68030, and modem0.device. VLT will +hang itself, and eventually the machine, if I try to send a break out the +Supra 2400zi. Also, for hanging up VLT first tries to drop DTR, and if that +doesn't work it falls back to +++ATH. Hmmmm. I guess I'll try a different comm program, and see if that changes anything. I really like VLT, tho. :-( I have had occasion to enjoy the occasional VLT hang, and come to think of it, it could be related to the `send break' command. I'll investigate. Does Wally follow this group? What is the name of the program that identifies GURU numbers? I have forgotten... +Jim Wright ken -- Ken Yarnall /// yarnall@usceast.cs.scarolina.EDU Math Department, USC \\\/// yarnall@ucseast.UUCP Columbia, S.C. 29208 \\\/ (803)777-5218 `You'd better tie me up.' -- from the movie, "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down"