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From: tlarson@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ted E. Bear)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Serial problems on a SPARC-2..
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Date: 17 Apr 91 21:14:13 GMT
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I am having a problem getting a modem to work as both a dial out device
and a dial-in device on a SPARC-2.  It is currently connected to
/dev/cua1.  What I have attempted to do, and maybe I am wrong, is to setup
in the /etc/ttytab file an enty called /dev/ttya and set it to remote.
Then I have an entry for the modem in the remote file.  But, I get the
familiar all ports busy message when trying to access the port for
dial-out after the getty has been initialized.  But, I have found that it
is possible to dial in during this scenario.  So, I really need to know
how to clear the port so I can use it.  I called sun support, and they
weren't able to help me.  .....They couldn't make any immediate
suggestions.  I am running the ttysoftcar program to try and clear the
port but it doesn't seem to help.  I heard that in some of the SPARC-1's
that a bug in the ROM caused this problem, but it should have been fixed
by now.  Do I need to run a special serial cable or something?  Any
suggestions?

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