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From: pa@curly.appmag.com (Pierre Asselin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Reproducible modem bug in 3005 and 2006
Message-ID: <727@curly.appmag.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 17:27:46 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.133648.6748@pensoft.uucp> <7868@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> <19388@rpp386.cactus.org> <285CDF31.4D3C@tct.com>
Reply-To: pa@curly.appmag.com
Organization: Applied Magnetics, Goleta, CA
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In article <285CDF31.4D3C@tct.com> chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:

>...This problem is apparently a result of getty's not taking care to
>turn off CLOCAL before making the possibly blocking open() call.

That would explain why one morning I found my modem and workstation
furiously chatting away.  If I believe the LEDs, the modem was on hook
and Carried Detect was false.

>...I plan to post source code for my uugetty as soon as I get
>permission from higher-ups.

How do you circumvent the ODM?
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--Pierre Asselin, R&D, Applied Magnetics.  I speak for me.