zuazaga@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga) writes:

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>In article <9229701.7031@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON) writes:
>
>   I've got H.J.'s bootable rootdisk 0.98.1 and most of the other disks
>   that come with that; I also have the bootdisk and rootdisk for 0.97.1
>   from nic.funet.helsinki. I found a binary of Kermit (C-Kermit 4F(095))
>   for Linux somewhere, and it works fine with 0.97.1, but when I try it with
>   0.98.1 it tells me that I must set the line before connecting or setting
>   the speed, even after I have repeatedly set the line to /dev/ttys0.
>   Anyone have any clues about how to fix this problem?
>
>I suggest getting a newer kermit. C-Kermit 5A(184) compiles out of the
>box for linux, and seems to fix this and a bug in the dialer that made
>kermit drop the DTR line and hang up before dialing (it can't dial.).
>
>I've uploaded a binary with Jump Lib 4.1 linked kermit and a man page
>to tsx-11.  The impatient, or those with other libs, can just get the
>source from watsun.cc.columbia.edu:/kermit/bin/cku184.tar.Z

Thanks for all your suggestions, folks, but I *still* haven't got it working
for 0.98.1. Permissions on /dev/tty are fine, major/minor numbers for
/dev/ttys* are fine, but it still doesn't work.

I got C-Kermit 5A(175) from tsx-11:/pub/linux/binaries/usr.bin/kermit5A.tar.Z,
but I couldn't find version 5A(184). Again, this version works fine with
0.97.1 but not with 0.98.1. I am even using the same root disk for both of
them - the only difference is the different boot image. I also get
*another* problem with 5A on 0.98.1 which is that it doesn't echo
the commands properly. (Again this the problem doesn't occur for 0.97.1).

I also downloaded minicomm (version 1.3.2, I think), but it doesn't work
for either version of linux. I get a message "Killed by signal 14",
which is SIGALRM I think, and then it hangs up the modem (GRRRRR!!!!)
and exits.

Has anyone got a comms program of any sort that will work for 0.98.1?
(Help!)

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