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From: dddau@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca (Doug Dau)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit under MS-Windows
Date: 26 May 1995 04:56:42 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary
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Joe Doupnik (jrd@cc.usu.edu) wrote:
:>In article <heliosD951IA.IC8@netcom.com>, helios@netcom.com (Thomas David Nichols) writes:
:>> jmt7@Lehigh.EDU wrote:
:>>
:>> : We use Kermit 3.14 very heavily on our campus. From DOS everything
:>> : works great. From MS-Windows, however, sometimes it works but often our
:>> : users will get a message similar to either of these below:
:>>
:>> : "unknown hardware for port, using..."
:>>
:>> When I get this, I just repeat the "take mscustom.ini" command, and the
:>> second time, it works. I don't know why. The error occurs after I have
:>> used a Windows comm program, never when I start with Kermit. Your
:>> mscustom.ini script can test \v(port) to see whether it is a COM or a BIOS
:>> and stop in case of an error, but I haven't been able to find a point to
:>> branch back to in order to fix the problem automatically.
:>------------
:> Thanks for the info guys. It's all rather puzzling actually because
:>MSK goes some lengths to "reset" the UART before starting tests. That's an
:>artifact of dealing with the new-breed of internal modems. Maybe it is a
:>bug in the Windows comm.drv emulator. If so trying the Delrina driver might
:>help: copy on netlab2.usu.edu, cd drivers, wfxcom.zip.
:> Joe D.
I'm still using msk3.13 and first noticed this problem with the
advent of 3.13. Assuming that this is a carryover from 3.13 to
3.14 there seems to be a pretty consistent behavior pattern on my
PC that I hope might provide clues as to what is going on here.
My configuration is a Gateway 2000 486/33C with and external USR
Sportster 14.4 modem. What I see is that the port check never
fails if
1. The modem is powered up BEFORE the system unit is booted
2. I don't power up the modem until AFTER I launch Kermit
Conversely the port check fails more often than not if I power up
the modem after I boot the system unit but before I launch
Kermit.
--
Doug Dau Internet: dddau@acs.ucalgary.ca
University Computing Services Phone: 403-220-6217
University of Calgary Fax: 403-282-9199