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- From: dje@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca (Doug Evans)
- Subject: Re: UUCP
- Organization: Edmonton, Alberta
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:08:26 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.160826.1079@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca>
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- References: <1992Aug11.200652.13497@unislc.uucp>
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- erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
- >jchaiken@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jarett Chaiken) writes:
- >
- >: Hi all,
- >: I just compiled the uucp package, and I have a problem. When i run
- >: uucico -r1 -sxxxxx -x9 it just drops me back to the shell w/o doing anything
- >: I guessed the setup stuff. Could someone please help me out?
-
- Jarett:
- Try -xall. Ian changed the format of the debugging argument.
- -x9 will set bits 0x04 and 0x01 (abnormal and handshake)
- (but maybe you know this and that's what you wanted).
-
- >There are several "hidden" changes to uucico that Ian made. Try using "-f"
- >to force the uucico to fire up. It's probably blowing up because (1) you
- >don't have the Devices file set up right, (2) the permissions on your serial
- >device are wrong, or (3) there are still lock files in /usr/spool/uucp.
-
- uucico detects and removes stale lock files.
- --
- Doug Evans | "You're just supposed to sit here?"
- dje@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca | - Worf in a mud bath.
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