>>>>> On Mon, 12 Aug 1996 19:40:00 +0200, Jean Orloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
> I'm still unsuccessfully fighting my chat problems reported over 2 weeks > ago. [snip] > Then the chatscript sends a character over the line, and hopelessly waits for > the reply (a login prompt): just as if the line beyond the modem was cut. Some ISPs require you to type a couple of carriage returns before they'll give you a prompt. To do this, put "\d\r\d\r\d\r" as the first send string. A single character may not be enough. > If I had courage, I would rewrite a chat clone in Perl... But this problem > has cost me about 15h playing around during the last weeks, and my faith in > myself and debian is declining... Don't blame Debian for this, chat is simply flaky, and always has been, as far as I can tell. I used to use chat with MachTen, a Unix for the Mac, and had very similar problems. I can pretty much guarantee that chat won't work any better with any other system. I was having lots of trouble with chat, and am still meaning to fix it when I have time. Meanwhile, I looked at the source, and noticed a couple of buffers that seemed awfully small. I increased their size from 50 to 5000 characters, and I haven't had any trouble with chat for a few days now. So maybe that worked, though I haven't looked at the code carefully enough to even know what these buffers are for. -Randy -- http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~gobbel/ NOTICE: I DO NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL EMAIL MESSAGES OF ANY KIND. I CONSIDER SUCH MESSAGES PERSONAL HARRASSMENT AND A GROSS INVASION OF MY PRIVACY. By sending unsolicited commercial advertising/solicitations (or otherwise on or as part of a mailing list) to me via e-mail you will be indicating your consent to paying John R. (Randy) Gobbel $1,000.00 U.S.D./hour for a minimum of 1 hour for my time spent dealing with it. Payment due in 30 days upon receipt of an invoice (e-mail or regular mail) from me or my authorized representative.
