From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 6 17:03:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA24371 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:03:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA24358 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:03:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA05132; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:03:40 -0700 Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:03:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Information Help Desk cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: dial-up access setup In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Information Help Desk wrote: > I was setting up a modem 14.4 in COM2 (BOCA /External) for dial-up > access to my FreeBSD box. I went through each of the steps in the > handbook. The problem was I can't get the modem in the FreeBSD box to > answer. I noticed something odd though. The modem's SD and RD are lighted. > And, whenever I run 'stty -a -f /dev/cuaa1', I get 'stty: /dev/cuaa1: > Device busy'. But, I haven't done anything yet. How do I get the modem's > HS and TR to be the only ones lighted up? Something is transmitting and receiving quickly on your modem, if the lights are solid on. Or your modem is broke. If you can't get to /dev/cuaa1, make sure you're root and/or the permissions are set properly. I read "device busy" to often mean "permission denied". Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major