Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:22:39 GMT From: Kave p.Ram <hotkaveh@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 3 questions Message-ID: <19990630172240.44248.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Hi all :-)
I'm kinda novice in FreeBSD and have 3 questions which I
really would be thankfull if any one could answer :)
here they are :
1.each time I turn on my box , it starts a getty process on a modem port :
bash$ ps ax | grep getty
792 ?? S 0:00.07 /usr/local/sbin/mgetty cuaa1
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#199 v1 Is+ 0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1
#200 v2 Is+ 0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2
Now the problem is that I haven't hooked a modem to this machine yet , but
this process causes a nasty_big error-log-file in /var/log after
being upp-running in 1-2 days which I've just noticed .
bash$ ls -l /var/log | grep mgetty
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 17007702 Jun 30 14:43 mgetty.cuaa1
this file(17 Mb!) just gets appended all the time by stuff like :
06/30 14:45:52 aa1 check for lockfiles
06/30 14:45:52 aa1 locking the line
06/30 14:45:54 aa1 WARNING: DSR is off - modem turned off or bad cable?
06/30 14:45:54 aa1 lowering DTR to reset Modem
06/30 14:45:55 aa1 send: ATS0=0Q0&D3&C1[0d]
06/30 14:45:55 aa1 waiting for ``OK''
06/30 14:46:15 aa1 timeout in chat script, waiting for `OK'
06/30 14:46:15 aa1 init chat timed out, trying force-init-chat
06/30 14:46:15 aa1 send: \d[10][03]\d\d\d+++\d\d\d[0d]\dATQ0V1H0[0d]
06/30 14:46:19 aa1 waiting for ``OK''bash$ tail -n 40 /var/log/mgetty.cuaa1
06/30 14:46:39 aa1 something foul in config line: 'make a fax connection in
"fine resolution" mode. Normally you'
06/30 14:46:39 aa1 (keyword 'make' not found)
something like : no DTR indicator :-( where's your modem ?
Now I can go and hook a modem to machine right now, but there should
be another solution for preventing this process from being started from
the begining .
I run FreeBSD 3.1-release . and this is a fresh install .<just being made 2
days ago> .
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question Nr 2:
in Linux there's a command called `freeŽ which gives one the amount of
free memory on the system . but I can't seem to find it in FreeBSD.
what should I use instead ?
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question Nr 3:
I have a soundblaster 16 on my machine.
but each time I try to play a *.mid or *.au or another format,
I get a message like "can't open /dev/sequenser , or /dev/sdb1 ".
and there's really no such devices in /dev
should I go ahead and run :
sh MAKEDEV $some_device
or should I recompile the kernel with drives for soundblaster ?
I have a GENERIC Kernel 3.1 right now. and I had the sound card
before installing .<never add the device after installing> .
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Thanx to anyone for reading so far :-)
Regards
/kave
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