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From: madler@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
Newsgroups: andrewd@cs.tamu.edu,comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: /dev/cua busy cont.
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.203459.12433@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 10 Apr 91 20:34:59 GMT
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Andrew Duchowski seems frustrated about using his modem:
>> What a joke.  Is there a *clean* way to iron these problems
>> out?

He is using kermit 4E and says he's trying to get 5A.  Indeed, 5A will
clean up several of the problems he is experiencing: not being able to
escape kermit with the new keyboard, permissions on lock files, proper
use of the lock files, and proper handling of kermit being owned and
setuid as uucp.

You can get kermit 5A(165) compiled for 2.0 as kermit5a.165.bin20.tar.Z
in pub/next/binaries at cs.orst.edu.

Also, here is an excerpt from a posting by Steve Boker containing a fix
sent to him by NeXT for the lockup problem in 2.0 (fixed in 2.1):

---- quote ----

I have dialin/dialout working fine on a 68040 cube.  There is also a
script that you should call every 15 minutes or so from your crontab.
 
------------------------------cut here------------------------
#! /bin/sh -u
PIDS=`ps -ax | bm getty | grep -v bm | awk '{print $1}'`
kill -TERM $PIDS
kill -HUP 1
------------------------------cut here------------------------

This corrects an error state that occurs maybe on time in ten after
a modem connect.  A phantom LOCK is placed on the port after the
modem disconnects, and further use of the port is disabled until this 
script is run.  NeXT is aware of the problem and sent this fix
to me when I brought it to their attention.

---- end quote ----

Mark Adler
madler@pooh.caltech.edu