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- From: thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox)
- Subject: Re: Mail hint
- References: <14534@umd5.umd.edu> <1992Jul18.220856.22272@unislc.uucp> <1992Jul18.233313.19749@serval.net.wsu.edu> <9207202216.15@rmkhome.UUCP>
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- Reply-To: thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox)
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:41:45 GMT
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- rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
-
- >>|> SVR4, and (2) to more accurately calculate throughput figures. There are
- >>|> still problems with uucp, though. I'm seeing uucico hang on a modem port without
- >>|> timing out - I wonder if it's related to H. J.'s recent patches affecting
- >>|> restartable system calls?
- >>
- >>I didn't change any sys calls. All is done inside the kernel.
-
- >Interestingly enough, I have Taylor UUCP up and running on Coherent 4.0
- >Beta. I have seen the same uucico hang on a modem port problem, but it
- >only seems to happen every couple of weeks. I haven't come up with a
- >reliable method of reproducing it yet. It would seem that DTR isn't
- >changing state when the modem hangs up.
-
- This used to happen to me too (hanging with out timing out), until I
- upgraded to Linux 0.96c-pl2.
-
- Now the only problem I have is xcomm (easily solved: use kermit
- instead :^>). (Oh, and occasionally I get a busy signal. Is there a
- patch for that? :^>)
-
- Seriously, though, If you haven't upgraded to 0.96c-pl2, you should
- try it.
-
- --
- Ben Cox
- thoth@uiuc.edu
-