Re: flexfax: Need help on Linux

[Matthias.Apitz@SOFTCON.de]

Carsten Hoeger wrote:
    
    On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Julio C Spinelli wrote:
    
    [...]
    
    > Then either start the faxgetty cuax (x=0,1,2,3 etc.) by hand or add 
    > it to your init file.
    
    By the way: Don't use one of the /dev/cuax devices. Use /dev/ttySx
    instead...

Could you please explain in detail the difference between
the two devices (as far I can see they have at least different
major number and perhaps different kernel drivers):

$ ls -l /dev/ttyS1 /dev/cua1
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     uucp       5,  65 Jul 18  1994 /dev/cua1
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     tty        4,  65 Jul 18  1994 /dev/ttyS1

Why /dev/cuax exists _and_ should not be used?

	matthias

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