Trouble with digiboard 16/Em and Linux Redhat 4.0 with mgetty

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Hi all !

I forward this message I've sent to Gert Doering.
He told me to ask in this list. Here are the facts:


> 	My name's Jordi Bruguera. Those days
> I've been trying to set up a Linux box with
> mgetty + digiboard 16/em.
> Your software run very well on the serial /dev/ttyS1,
> but not with the 16 serial modem board.
> 
> Here's the message I've sent to clameter@aaron.fuller.edu
> asking him for a reason of my trouble. If you see
> something wrong in my explanation please notice me, so
> I am completely lost now. It seems like your mgetty
> can't lower DTR though a digiboard serial adapter.
> 
> 
> Thank you Goert, here's my original message:
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 13:24:45 +1100 (GMT+1100)
> From: Jordi Bruguera <jordi@t800.grn.es>
> To: clameter@aaron.fuller.edu
> Subject: Trouble with digiboard 16/Em and Linux Redhat 4.0
> 
> 
> Hi Cristoph !
> 
> 	My name is Jordi Bruguera. I am from
> Spain and I hope you can help me on this problem
> because I am completely lost now.
> 
> 	Just a few lines to ask you about some
> trouble with a digiboard with linux 2.0.27(RedHat).
> 
> I've tested mgetty with linux and an external modem
> (SupraExpress 33.6K) attached to /dev/ttyS1 (com2)
> and it runs very well (115200 bps with AutoPPP & PAP
> user autentication).
> 
> When I try to do the same with /dev/ttyD1 (first
> port on digiboard) mgetty stops his log register
> this way:
> 
> 02/12 17:00:28 yD1  mgetty: official release 1.0.0
> 02/12 17:00:28 yD1  check for lockfiles
> 02/12 17:00:28 yD1  locking the line
> --
> 
> And it stops and get silent...
> When I try the same without digiboard (modem on
> /dev/ttyS1) the logfile looks like:
> 
> 02/04 15:14:06 yS1  mgetty: official release 1.0.0
> 02/04 15:14:06 yS1  check for lockfiles
> 02/04 15:14:06 yS1  locking the line
> 02/04 15:14:07 yS1  lowering DTR to reset Modem
> 02/04 15:14:08 yS1  send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
> 02/04 15:14:08 yS1  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
> 02/04 15:14:08 yS1  send: ATS0=0Q0&D3&C1[0d]
> 02/04 15:14:08 yS1  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
> 02/04 15:14:08 yS1  waiting...
> --
> 
> ... which is the right way to do for mgetty.
> 
> I've installed Digiboard's driver on a RedHat 4
> distribution, it installs the software on a dir
> called digiRel.100. 
> 
> I have done digiConfig & digiInstall and recompiled
> the kernel. So when it starts i see a message on the screen
> that looks like:
> 
> epca driver loaded
> 
> [but can't see this line anywhere in the
> /var/log/messages file]
> 
> Then I do the digiDload command and got the following message:
> 
> Digi PC/Xx Driver V1.0.0:  C/X-like (32K) I/O = 0x324 Mem = 0xd0000 Ports
> = 16
> digiDload complete : Card initialized
> 
> So I suppose the installation of the device is completed.
> I also tried to make an outgoing call through /dev/cud1
> with minicom momms program and i had no problems.
> 
> So it seems mgetty got some trouble to lower DTR signal
> to reset the modem. I've tried before with another
> board from digi (model 8/m i think) but it did not work.
> 
> Any Ideas ?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
> +-----------------------------------------------+
> ! Jordi Bruguera i Cortada     jordi@www.grn.es !
> ! Administrador de Sistemes                     !
> ! GRN Serveis Telematics, SL Tel. +34 72 230000 !
> +-----------------------------------------------+
> 
> 
> 


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