Subject: Re: get/set serial port
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
From: Bill Hudspeth <wjhud@jps.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/28/2000 23:19:36
I travelled out to your website - enjoyed what I saw and pgmarked some
pages.  Thanks.


Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> You just use the port device associated with the serial port in
> question, /dev/whatever.

I'm not sure whether I'm defeating myself by working through KDE
when I set the device, in kppp, as /dev/tty01. I can query tty01
with terminal commands that elicit nothing from the modem. So, 
somewhere, the symbolic links are broken. 

 
> Nothing in userland needs to fiddle with the kernel configuration.
> Can you describe specifically what is going wrong for you?

Most of the above is an interpretation based on setting up the dialer
program. How can I be more helpful in providing critical information?


> "man pppd"
> Basically, though, you just tell the pppd (in your .ppprc or whatever)
> what port to open at what speed, and it takes it all from there.

I'm still looking for .ppprc. When found I will read and modify if
need-be. I'm getting tired and ineffective - so I'm off to bed. I
will take this up again in the morning.

Thank you much for the guidance. This seems to be helpful.

Best,

Bill
 
> > Then, where is the information about the abstract kernel > > customization?
> I'd avoid learning about that for now. It will only confuse you and
> won't help you get what you're doing working.

You are right there! :-))


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