mgetty(rpm) on a Zoltrix (33,600)

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Hi,

sorry for not writing earlier. But here we go:

Mate Wierdl wrote:
> I have a Zoltrix (Rockwell based) 33,600 modem.
> 
> According to the modem manual, this gives all the info one needs
> about the modem
[..]
> 	at+fclass=?
> 	0,1

It's only class 1.

[..]
> 1) The mgetty.rpm does not work out of the box with the stock redhat
> stuff because the lockfile is put in /var/log/uucp/ while minicom puts
> it in /var/log/ (and this latter is according to FSSTND).

Make this "lock" instead of "log", and then you describe a known problem.
I hope they have fixed it by now.

> 2) So I changed this and recompiled mgetty. The modem is class 1, but
> I ('d like to) use it only for datatransfer. I have this in
> /etc/mgetty.config
> 
> port ttyS1
> speed 115200
> data-only y
> init-chat "" AT&FX4&C1&D2W2 OK ATE1Q0S0=0 OK

Sounds ok.

> ringback y 

I'm not sure why you put this in here, but you'll have to know...

[..]
> 3) I now dial (using minicom) my home from the office. Hangup, dial
> again. After 20 seconds my answering machine picks up --- not the
> modem. 
> 
> Could anybody advice me what to do? 

Hard to say, one would have to see the home log file.

> At the end, I include /var/log/mgetty.ttyS1 from the office box with
> the default 4 debug level (I need to go home to get the the mgetty log
> from the home box)

I'm not so sure what kind of data this is supposed to give. After all, you
already know that you have been dialing out, and this is what you'll find
in the log file from the calling side...

gert

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