Hi all...
Oh no! He's back with another problem. :-)
This one has me really puzzled. When I run X, I can't dial out with my
modem. Until recently, I didn't run X very much so I pretty much forgot
about the problem. Now I want to start using X more so the problem needs
to be solved.
My machine is a 486/133 (AMD's fast 486 chip) with VLB bus. It has 4
serial ports (ttyS0 to S3). ttyS0 and ttyS1 are 16450 UARTs on the
floppy/hard drive controller. ttyS2 and ttyS3 are 16550 UARTs on a
separate card. My system is configured like this:
ttyS0 serial mouse
ttyS1 unused
ttyS2 X10 controller (unused most of the time)
ttyS3 modem (USR 33.6, external)
The modem is on ttyS3 to avoid IRQ conflicts with the mouse. I use mgetty
and run diald (v1.16.4) to bring up the connection to my ISP. I can also
use minicom to dialup local BBSs, etc. This all works very well when X
isn't running, so I know it isn't a hardware problem.
THE PROBLEM: When I start X, diald can no longer bring up my PPP
connection. I can't use minicom to dial out. ttyS3 is completely hosed,
i.e. the modem lights don't flicker so the modem isn't getting any
commands. I stuck a Radio Shack RS-232 mini-tester (just LEDs on each of
the 8 lines) to watch the status of the port. Nothing is getting through.
When I kill the X server, the port remains dead. I can't use minicom or
get diald to bring up the PPP connection. The only way to restore things
to normal is ctrl-alt-del.
Is there something buried in X which enables/disables the serial ports?
If so, what and where? If not, does anyone have suggestions as to what
might be going on here?
TIA...
Bob
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