Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!ispi!jbayer From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Trouble with modem control Message-ID: <486@ispi.UUCP> Date: 13 Mar 89 16:36:12 GMT References: <15656@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) Distribution: usa Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc. Lines: 28 In article <15656@cup.portal.com> Zap@cup.portal.com (Tim Philip Cadell) writes: }I have a problem with my modem: I have been using it with "enable tty1a" }which, as I found out recently, doesn't have modem control and the }system doesn't automatically logout if I get disconnected. Well, in order }to use "ungetty" (I'm starting to use usenet now and need to dial out on }that port) I have to have the enable/disable attached to port tty1A. }My problem is this: anytime the modem receives a ring, it displays a }system message like this "garbage or loose connection on serial port 0; }disabling port" or something like that and then it apparently ungettys It depends what kind of modem you are using. Assuming a 2400 Hayes compatible, the command: ATQ1 will tell the modem to not transmit any messages, and will keep the OS from getting confused. There are other causes of this problem, but try this first. It is the simplest. JB -- Jonathan Bayer Beware: The light at the end of the Intelligent Software Products, Inc. tunnel may be an oncoming dragon 19 Virginia Ave. ...uunet!ispi!jbayer Rockville Centre, NY 11570 (516) 766-2867 jbayer@ispi.UUCP