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From: stever@csuohio.edu (Steve Ratliff)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Modem unusable :-(
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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 18:23:09 GMT
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Bill Paul (wpaul@panix.com) wrote:
: Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se,
: Ian Steel (Ian@bstone.demon.co.uk) had the courage to say:
: : In article <1994Jun22.234503.4965@news.csuohio.edu>
: :            stever@csuohio.edu "Steve Ratliff" writes:
: [munch]
: : > 
[deleted]
: [munch]
: It's supposed to be: comcontrol /dev/tty01 bidir
:                                       ^^^^^
: Of course you're getting a 'device not configured' error: you're
: trying to turn on a device by accessing a device that isn't turned
: on yet. It's a chicken and the egg problem. Use the comcontrol on
: /dev/tty01 first, then /dev/cua01 will be accessible. You're the
: unfortunate victim of somebody else's temporary memory lapse, I'm afraid. :)
:  
	It was definately a memory lapse :) (sheepish grin).  That's
what happens when you post from memory.

	If you still get a device not configured when using the correct
device tty01 with comcontrol it could also be that you did not do either
a make clean or a rm -rf /sys/compile/YOUR_KERNEL_NAME in your kernel
make directory.  Config doesn't always pick up on "option" changes.

Steve