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Re: PPPD error message?



Ira Abramov <ira@scso.com> wrote:
>  
>  on a Redhat 4.0 machine, running latest kernel and pppd, I installed
>  mgetty to answer the line.
>  FAQ says if I let mgetty answer cua?, and try to call out with ttyS? it
>  will be fine, but it randomly fucks it up...

It CAN'T be fine - you should NEVER use cua* devices - well, except with
setserial, probably. Change the corresponding inittab line to use ttyS*. cua*
devices assume only one process can access them.

Evgeny


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