On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > How do I get mgetty and minicom to share a port? I want mgetty > to sit around normally to receive calls and faxes, but I want > to dialout on this line too. Running minicom tells me > that the port (/dev/cuax) is busy, either as root or not. > ppp seems to have no problem getting past mgetty. Use /dev/ttyS? for ALL programs sharing the line.
> As I understand it, cuax are the dialout devices, so > telling minicom to use /dev/cuax should be correct. Nope. /dev/cua? is obsolete. I run diald, mgetty, and still can use minicom. All ports are set to /dev/ttyS3 though. -- Daniel Stringfield mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jax-inter.net/users/servo Send email for more information on the Jacksonville Linux Users Group! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]