On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:35:42 +0000, "Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 07:42:18PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: >> A few small questions: >> >> 1) How do I tell Linux that my modem on /dev/ttyS2 wants to use IRQ5? >> It's a non-PnP ISA hardware modem. > >setserial will change the kernel's idea of what IO/IRQ the modem is on. >It won't change the settings on the actual modem though. Cool! Thanks. >> At the moment I have to set it to IRQ4, the default for the third >> serial port. I want to set it to IRQ5 to avoid conflict with stupid >> DOS/Windoze drivers that don't like sharing serial port IRQs. man ttys >> and man mknod are silent on the subject of IRQs. > >You lost me there: under linux the DOS/win drivers should be completely >irrelevant - and hence no conflicts !? Sorry for lack of clarity. I have a triple-boot Linux/DOS/Windoze system. Some MS-based software gets confused when two serial ports share the same IRQ, because it's crap. So I want to use COM1/ttyS0 = 0x3f8/IRQ4 (standard), COM2/ttyS1 = 0x2f8/IRQ3(standard), COM3/ttyS2 (the modem) = 0x3e8/IRQ5 (usually IRQ4). Since it's not a PnP modem, if I can't tell Linux to use IRQ5, it means taking the modem out of the slot and changing DIP switches. So thanks for your solution! >> 2) I have a dead file somewhere that is interfering with some userid >> stuff. Some of my directories give numerical user/group ids instead of >> root or pigeon. exim refuses to start with "can't get user name for >> userid x" errors, so no mail functions work. My /etc/passwd and >> /etc/shadow seem to be OK; they contain the following (and also a >> peculiar gnats/admin entry which I don't understand): (I haven't got >> round to setting up shadow passwords yet) >> >> root:onetwothreefour:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash >> pigeon:wedontwantyourbloodywar:1000:1000:Pigeon,,,:/home/pigeon:/bin/bash >> gnats:*:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System >> (admin):/var/lib/gnats/gnats-db:/bin/sh >> >> Any ideas where I should be looking for the fault? > >Basically that number is not found in /etc/passwd ... As a short-term >measure, you can create a new user (adduser --uid xxx --gid yyy) should >buy you time (make sure that this user cannot log in). Sorry. I should have said that x = 0 or 1000, ie. the usernames it can't find are root and pigeon, whose userids ARE in /etc/passwd! I also have a few directories - haven't found any pattern so far - in which ls -l shows 0 or 1000 instead of root or pigeon for the owner/group. Most directories are OK though. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
