pcmcia modem: ttySx (x changes!)

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Hi,

On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 05:16:00PM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> I have a Megahertz 14400 pcmcia fax modem #xj2144.  when I "reboot" the
> machine, it does not always come up as the same "com port", which makes
> mgetty sad.

This is astonishingly, actually.  My pcmcia modems always end up as ttyS1
(ttyS0 is on-board), regardless of how often I reboot or whether I put
them in slot 0 or slot 1.  Only if I use two pcmcia modems at the same
time, they go to ttyS1 and ttyS2 (understandably).

So I'd ask the pcmcia folks what is going on, as this really shouldn't
happen...

> I could tell mgetty to look at all ports, and try and ignore all the
> messy messages, but this machine is being used as an example of mgetty
> (sort of like a resume), so messy is no good.

There really isn't anything pretty you can do about it - you have to query
the port to find out whether it's there, and that will give error messages
if not.

So the right way is "find out why the ttySx port moves".

gert
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