On 19 Sep 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > On Wed, 2001-09-19 at 08:35, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 19 Sep 2001, Carel Fellinger wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 07:51:11AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > On 18 Sep 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2001-09-18 at 10:59, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > I have to have minicom setuid root, even though I have added myself > > > > > > to > > > > > > the dialout group, which according to the man page should allow > > > > > > access > > > > > > to serial port devices. Any suggestions for what's wrong? > > > > > > > > > > You need to add yourself to the dialout group as root and then > > > > > relogin. > > > > > That should solve your problem. > > > ... > > > > If you read my original post you will see I have already done this; in > > > > fact, I've been added to the dialout group for a long time. > > > > > > The next logical step would be to check the device files for proper > > > group ownership: > > > > > > $ ls -l /dev/ttyS0 > > > crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Jul 5 2000 /dev/ttyS0 > > > > > > -- > > > groetjes, carel > > > > Sorry for a follow-up to my own message: after changing the permissions > > and making *two* reboots minicom has now started working correctly. No > > idea what happened here, but thanks anyway. > > Sorry about knee jerking a response without fully reading your post > before. What does dmesg say about the serial ports now as opposed to > before? Perhaps your syslog can tell you something about what changed. > > --mike
No obvious clues there. In fact, things were stranger than I indicated previously. After changing the permissions in /dev/ttyS0 I was unable to log on at all as user; I kept getting messages about /etc/ppp/peers/myprovider not existing! (Though I could still log on a root). After two reboots (not one) everything started working again including minicom. I have no idea how all this happened, nor do I understand why /dev/ttyS0 had originally got incorrect permissions while /dev/ttyS1, etc, were correct. Anyway, all's well that ends well. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Debian GNU/Linux (Windows-free zone). For electronic books (Homeomythology and The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 130 book reviews, go to http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ ... I do not know which is more striking - the clumsy inadequacy of words, or their world-shaking power. So long as men remain emotional creatures, they will continue to be taken, like rabbits, by the ears. [F.L. Lucas]
