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From: bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: VPIX comm port problem
Keywords: VPIX
Message-ID: <2293@twg.bc.ca>
Date: 2 Jun 91 21:19:44 GMT
References: <18@fleet.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin)
Organization: The Westrheim Group, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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mel@fleet.UUCP (mel) writes:

: I cannot get the comm port to run under vpix. The problem has something to
: do with ownership or permissions of my /dev/ttyF07 (modem port) on my
: Computone ALC card."uucp" is the owner/group of the port.  It seems that
: every time uucp is run the permissions & ownership change to those needed
: by uucp, but then VPIX can't acces that port on bootup.

The only thing I found had to be done on our system (386 with
Digiboard & SCO XENIX 2.3.3) was to make sure the port that COMM1
was mapped to in VP/ix was disabled before VP/ix was booted.

I don't recall the error message given by VP/ix if the port was
enabled, but disabling the port solved it.

: Mel Shear
: !rex!fleet!mel
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