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Does anybody know what I need to do to unbusy up the
modem port.

Everytime I attempt to use the modem from Linux I am
told:

"Device or resource busy"

I've also got the same message when issuing:
stty < /dev/cua1

Any ideas?

: Does anybody know what I need to do to unbusy up the
: modem port.
:
: Everytime I attempt to use the modem from Linux I am
: told:
:
: "Device or resource busy"
:
: I've also got the same message when issuing:
: stty < /dev/cua1
:
: Any ideas?
:
Even though slakware (others? slakware is all I have used) make a /dev/modem
entry, it is not recommended--when an application is listening on /dev/modem
(are you running, say pppd?) no other process will be able to use /dev/cuaN.
The recommended solution is to find all references to /dev/modem in your
startup rc files and change it to /dev/ttyS1, then try your stty command.

the ttySn and cuan devices have the same major and minor device numbers, but
you are supposed to open the cua series (callout devices) and listen on the
ttyS devices.

Evan Jeffrey