Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixa.cc.columbia.edu!das15 From: das15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Douglas A Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: uucico lock-ups under 2.0 Keywords: uucp, uucico, support Message-ID: <1991Feb25.170311.2343@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 25 Feb 91 17:03:11 GMT References: <1481@cgh.UUCP> <434@heaven.woodside.ca.us> <1991Feb25.133608.7343@Axecore.COM> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Reply-To: das15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Douglas A Scott) Distribution: usa Organization: Columbia University Lines: 40 In article <1991Feb25.133608.7343@Axecore.COM> lloyd@Axecore.COM (Lloyd Buchanan) writes: >In article <434@heaven.woodside.ca.us> glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) writes: >>In article <1481@cgh.UUCP> paul@cgh.uucp (Paul Homchick) writes: >>>I am having an intermittent problem with uucico lock-ups. Three times >>>since installing version 2.0 of Nextstep, I have had uucico lock up >>>the serial port. >> >>There is a serious bug in the serial driver in 2.0 related to >>incoming calls (and uucico). You basically can't receive calls >>without wedging the serial port. If you restrict your UUCP traffic >>to call-only until this bug is fixed, you shouldn't have any problems >>with it locking up. >> >>It's bug #13061. >> >>You should tell your UUCP neighbors not to call you ("Never" in the >>L.sys file) and you should set up your /etc/crontab file to poll >>them every so often. Send me Email if you don't know how to do this. >> >>Glenn > >I have this same extreemly annoying problem. This worked for me: > > Put a "cp /dev/null /dev/cuf[ab]" in your crontab for > execution every 15 min or so. It seems to clear the hung > port and doesn't interfere with normal operations. > Is this a problem that shows up on a '030 machine when the OS is updated to 2.0, or only when the hardware is updated?? Does /dev/cuf appear on the system when the software update (only) is run? I am about to get my 2.0 upgrade, but I get ALL my mail by being called up my a UUCP host, and cannot afford to be shut down until bug 13061 is repaired! Can I restore the 1.0a uucp code and run it under 2.0? Or is this some other section of code that is bad? 2.0: arrgh. ___________________________________________________________________________ Douglas Scott zardoz!doug%woof.columbia.edu Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com