No free ports...

Andrew Burtovoy (admin@polad.ru)
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 11:53:22 +0400




Gert Doering wrote:

> >   I'm using mgetty 1.0.0 to recieve FAXes and Fidonet calls and it works
> > perfect. But also i'm using ifcico (part of ifmail package) to make
> > outbound fidonet calls. ifcico and mgetty can work together 1 hour or 2
> > but then ifcico says "no free matching ports". Also minicom doesn't wotk
> > in this situation saying that "port is locked". I can find
> > /var/lock/LCK..ttyS0
> >   Everything i can do is to kill mgetty process. Respawning helps and
> > mgetty with ifcico could now work hour or two more.
>
> Looks like the communication between mgetty and modem locks up.  What does
> the mgetty log file show?

11/29 11:46:05 yS0  mgetty: official release 1.0.0
11/29 11:46:05 yS0  check for lockfiles
11/29 11:46:05 yS0  locking the line
11/29 11:46:06 yS0  lowering DTR to reset Modem
11/29 11:46:06 yS0  send: \d\d\d+++\d\d\dATZ[0d]
11/29 11:46:09 yS0  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
11/29 11:46:10 yS0  mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' -> OK
11/29 11:46:10 yS0  mdm_send: 'AT+FAA=1;+FCR=1' -> OK
11/29 11:46:10 yS0  mdm_send: 'AT+FBO=1' -> OK
11/29 11:46:10 yS0  mdm_send: 'AT+FNR=1,1,1,0' -> OK
11/29 11:46:10 yS0  mdm_send: 'AT+FLI="8482 420309"' -> OK
11/29 11:46:10 yS0  mdm_send: 'AT+FCC=1' -> OK
11/29 11:46:11 yS0  waiting...
11/29 11:46:17 yS0  lock not made: lock file exists
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 What does it mean? Looks like ifcico doesn't kill LCK file? I tried to kill force
LCK file after processing ifcico. It doesn't help. It means thet ifcico kills LCK
and unlocks the modem.


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