mgetty is running but I want to manually outdial - How

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Hi,

On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 10:51:57PM +0000, Daddy Rabbit wrote:
> Back in the days of DOS I use to verify whether a modem was working by
> accessing the modem manually. Can I do the same from the linux server
> prompt? I have tried the follow command without success>
> 
> echo atdt1234567 >/dev/ttyS1 <enter>

Try "cu -l ttyS1 -s 38400".

> I want to accomplish this as a trouble shooting measure. I have mgetty
> running ( successfully ) and now I want to setup uucp. I'm having
> trouble getting uucp to dial and I'm not sure whether mgetty and uucp
> don't like living together or whether uucp is having trouble accessing
> the modem. UUCP seems to be configured properly but does not see the
> modem. 

Run the uucp stuff with lotsa debugging ("uucico -r1 -S somehost -x9").

gert
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