ZyXEL 1496 and 2864 combo won't pick up with vgetty

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Hi,

(old mails being worked over...)

Ben Stuyts wrote:
> > > Vgetty is configured to pick up after 4 rings. The problem is, that often
> > > the 1496 will not recognise one or two rings, basically resetting vgetty
> > > and people calling me have to wait for 8 or 9 rings before the 1496
> > > answers.
[..]
> I tried that. The standard phone doesn't skip rings, so that means the 
> problem must be in the 1496. I'll swap it with one at the office and see what 
> happens. The 1496 worked flawlessly in my pre-ISDN days though.

Has swapping the 1496 with the one from your office brought any results?

> I'm going to try that next. I installed the latest mgetty, but it doesn't 
> change. I sent some mail off to the ZyXEL support a couple of days ago, but 
> didn't receive an answer or confirmation yet.

And...?

> > [..]
> > > 08/10 10:02:00 aa1 error removing lock file (huh?!): No such file or directory
> >
> > This is very unusual. Could you crank up the log level to "debug 6", and
> > if that happens again, show me the 30-odd lines surrounding this?
> 
> Here it is. Still doesn't make sense to me.

Not to me either. This is basically a "can't happen" thing, as long as
nobody walks around and deletes lock file at random!

> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 makelock(cuaa1) called
> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 do_makelock: lock='/var/spool/lock/LCK..cuaa1'
> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 lock made
> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 mdm_send: 'AT'
> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 got:[0a]AT[0d]
> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 mdm_command: string 'AT'
> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 got:[0d][0a]OK[0d]
> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 mdm_command: string 'OK' -> OK
> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 waiting for line to clear (VTIME), read:
> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 removing lock file

No removal of the lock file up to that point...

> 09/01 20:02:00 aa1 error removing lock file (huh?!): No such file or directory

And now it has disappear. Weird!

> Maybe I should instrument the code a bit around that place. Let me know.

Yes, please.

gert

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