Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 23:32:51 -0500 From: dpm@cs.purdue.edu (David Moffett) To: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: tip(1) & modems(5) problems Message-ID: <199507300432.XAA03231@ector.cs.purdue.edu>
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I just installed FreeBSD 2.0.5R. Someone has been working on the tip(1) sources and has installed /etc/modems(5) as a generalized modem configuration file for tip/cu, instead of using the inbedded dialers. Some problems, as a result, have appeared: 1) If I use the 'generic' dialer, the commands being sent to the modem appear on my screen, and after some time a "cannot synchronize with Hayes" message occurs. If I'm unlucky, I send a control-C in here and end up with a terminal in raw mode (stty -sane is my friend). If I'm lucky I wait it out and after a few more lines of stuff, it gives up and quits. 2) I tried to back out the changes, by turning off the generic dialing code and turning the Hayes code back on in the .h file. It times out after producing the dialing... message. Immediately after generating the time out message, the modem dials, connects and everything works just fine. Now my questions: A) who did it? B) will they fix/undo what they have done before 2.1 gets out please? Patches before then would be nice. C) the man page for /etc/modems claims 4.4 origination. I've looked in 4.4BSD's printed URM and there seemingly is no hint of /etc/modems. Attribution of /etc/modems to 4.4BSD is not a good or wise thing to do in the man page if it really isn't from 4.4. Perhaps some policy should be written about attribution of features implemented by the FreeBSD team? Background. 2.0.5R has trouble, 2.0.0R worked fine. The modem is a Practical Peripherals Data/Fax PM144MT II connected through a classic IBM brand serial/parallel card. The serial port in question is /dev/cuaa0. Thanks as always. Having source makes this kind of problem a minor nit, not a show stopping pain. Further, the configuration file is a good idea, it would appear it's just not quite done yet. I'm a news group reader, but not a mailing list reader. So email me with questions/comments/fixes. :-) David Moffett (dpm@cs.purdue.edu)
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