Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-23 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Kevin Mark wrote: On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 04:43:48PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Kevin Mark wrote: On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:07:15PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: On Tuesday 21 February 2006 17:41, Mike McCarty wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip] Thanks, again, for your quick response. It's wo

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-22 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 04:43:48PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:07:15PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > >>On Tuesday 21 February 2006 17:41, Mike McCarty wrote: > >>>Hal Vaughan wrote: > >>> > >>>[snip] > >>> > >>Thanks, again, for your quick response.

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-22 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Kevin Mark wrote: On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:07:15PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: On Tuesday 21 February 2006 17:41, Mike McCarty wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip] Thanks, again, for your quick response. It's working now, which means I get to sleep tonight and don't have to be at the computer a

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-22 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 03:54, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:07:15PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 17:41, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > Thanks, again, for your quick response. It's working now, which means

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-22 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:07:15PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 17:41, Mike McCarty wrote: > > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > Thanks, again, for your quick response. It's working now, which means I get > to sleep tonight and don't have to be at the computer

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Tuesday 21 February 2006 22:37, John Hasler wrote: Hal Vaughan writes: Does kill look for lock files and release devices? No. Kill just sends a signal (default SIGTERM). Minicom catches the signal, cleans up by closing files and restoring the terminal settings and th

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-21 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 22:37, John Hasler wrote: > Hal Vaughan writes: > > Does kill look for lock files and release devices? > > No. Kill just sends a signal (default SIGTERM). Minicom catches the > signal, cleans up by closing files and restoring the terminal settings and > then exits. So

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-21 Thread John Hasler
Hal Vaughan writes: > Does kill look for lock files and release devices? No. Kill just sends a signal (default SIGTERM). Minicom catches the signal, cleans up by closing files and restoring the terminal settings and then exits. Sounds like it restores the serial port settings as well. Try 'kil

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-21 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 17:41, Mike McCarty wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > [snip] > > > Now whenever a program ends, or if I kill a program (so it doesn't have > > time to exit), I can tell by watching the modem that it hangs up > > immediately (the carrier detect led goes off instantly, along

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-21 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 17:41, Mike McCarty wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > [snip] > > > Now whenever a program ends, or if I kill a program (so it doesn't have > > time to exit), I can tell by watching the modem that it hangs up > > immediately (the carrier detect led goes off instantly, along

Re: Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip] Now whenever a program ends, or if I kill a program (so it doesn't have time to exit), I can tell by watching the modem that it hangs up immediately (the carrier detect led goes off instantly, along with the clear-to-send light). I'd think this was a Perl problem,

Modem changes behavior after Sarge Update

2006-02-21 Thread Hal Vaughan
I set up my system to use Sarge because of the reputation for Debian stability. Now, ever since I updated my system with "aptitude upgrade" it won't work and this is causing a SERIOUS problem. I've never liked posts that say, "NEED HELP", or "URGENT" in the subject, but I do need help figurin