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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!psgrain!iafrica.com!ticsa.com!cstatd.cstat.co.za!ee.und.ac.za!nntp.und.ac.za!kestrel.ugrd.und.ac.za!chops From: chops@kestrel.ugrd.und.ac.za (Ewan McPhail) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Modem Hanging hassles? Date: 9 Nov 1995 20:10:42 GMT Organization: University of Natal (Durban), South Africa Lines: 34 Message-ID: <47tn82$llb@owl.und.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: kestrel.ugrd.und.ac.za Summary: Modem "hangs" - unable to dial in again Keywords: modem getty slip login hang ttyd0 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi All, hope someone can assist me. We have a single modem installed on out FreeBSD box (2.0.1) - a Us-Robotics 14.4. We have recently been having hassles using slip over this line - when logging off (hanging up from the remote end), the modem "hangs" and the line remains "off-hook" so we are unable to log in again. Looking at the processes running, there is always a getty running on the modem device (ttyd0) - presumably this is causing the line to be considered "in use" and the modem to be off hook. However, this getty will not respond to a kill or kill -9, and the only way to clear the line seems to be a shutdown/reboot. Should I be using the "to" parameter in /etc/gettytab (to = timeout of some sort)? If not, what could my hassle be? This is quite urgent, as the line is used for work, and it's a darn nuisance :) All help *really* appreciated, -Ewan --- _______ | _____|wan McPhail - Computer Science undergrad at UND, South Africa. | |___ mcphail@beastie.cs, chops@kestrel.ugrd (SysAdmin and WebMaster) | ___| <URL:http://kestrel.ugrd.und.ac.za/~chops/> | |_____ Chairman of UND-IS, the UND Internet Society |_______|