From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 19 19:00:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA17611 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 19:00:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA17600 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 19:00:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA03179; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 01:51:32 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199710200051.BAA03179@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Lefty G." cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem problems... In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 19 Oct 1997 19:05:38 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 01:51:31 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have an annoying problem with my modem setup and Free-BSD..Apparently, > when I boot into FreeBSD, my USR modem *thinks* it is in fax machine mode, > and whenever I was to access it (ppp, minicom, etc) I have to do an ATZ > and then dial the number.. Also, when I stop using the modem, it resets to > fax machine mode shortly after (10 sec. later).. The peculiar thing is > when I boot into DOS on the same machine (different partition) the modem > works fine... > > This gets really annoying b/c when I let BSD sit idle, and my phone rings, > it will pick it up automatically and start sending fax start-up signals:( > Is there any process or daemon in BSD which sets up the modem (in my case > /dev/cuaa1..) which would cause this problem? > > Any info would help greatly! Sounds like you're running either mgetty or hylafax ! What does ps say ? Is the AA light flashing ? > -Lefty G> > > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....