On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 23:39 -0700, Don Russell wrote: > I am using mgetty 1.1.33-9 on FC6 to collect Caller ID information from > a USRobotics Courier external modem. > > The problem is the Caller *name* is not being delivered to the > cnd-program specified in mgetty.config > > According to the mgetty doc, when cnd-program is specified in > mgetty.config that program is called with several positional parameters: > port number/name.i.e ttyS0 > calling number > calling name > called number (for ISDN modems only) > > I get the port number and the calling number properly, but no name. > > I know the name is reported because: > 1 - I see it on telephones connected to the same phone line. > 2 - The USRobotics modem reports it as part of the formatted display > between the first and second ring > > Other than that, mgetty is working very well for me. I can't find > anything that documents how to coerce mgetty into passing the name to > cnd-program... > > Does anybody have any suggestions? I'd head over to US Robotic web pages and check out the init strings on your modem. There is a variable to plug into your init string to enable it. Wow! It's been a few years since I had to diddle with 8 modems and their init strings at once. I don't miss the phone bill though! Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
