Re: flexfax: Faxgetty interfering with ppp /dev/modem

[Alan Sparks <asparks@cpd.harris.com>]

Locking issue.  The configuration is referring to same device by two
different names (/dev/modem and /dev/ttyS1), which plays small hell with
the locks under /var/spool/locks (UUCP locking works badly unless all
involved agree on what name to use for a device).  The one thing doesn't
see the modem locked cuz it's looking for a different device name, and
insanity ensues.

Quite frankly, I think the /dev/modem symlink misadventure in some
distributions didn't do any favors for anyone.

-Alan

George Zeigler wrote:
> 
>         When I went to connect to the internet using kppp in the KDE
> environment, I no longer could connect using /dev/modem .  The log file
> was blank.  No AT lines or nothing.
>         I simply reset the modem to /dev/ttyS1 and no problem.
> 
>         I was not having this problem till I added the fx... line in inittab,
> so faxgetty is causing the problem.  I don't get it.  I have my fax
> configured direct to /dev/ttyS1 not to /dev/modem , so why would it be
> interferring with my symbolic link to /dev/modem