Reproducible modem bug in 3005 and 2006

Pierre Asselin pa at curly.appmag.com
Wed Jun 19 03:27:46 AEST 1991


In article <285CDF31.4D3C at tct.com> chip at tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:

>...This problem is apparently a result of getty's not taking care to
>turn off CLOCAL before making the possibly blocking open() call.

That would explain why one morning I found my modem and workstation
furiously chatting away.  If I believe the LEDs, the modem was on hook
and Carried Detect was false.

>...I plan to post source code for my uugetty as soon as I get
>permission from higher-ups.

How do you circumvent the ODM?
-- 

--Pierre Asselin, R&D, Applied Magnetics.  I speak for me.



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