Oh yes it is, and sticky.
In a conscient or inconscient effort of making Ubuntu look as much
Windows as possible, the developpers have introduced the spirit of
Windows: the computer knows better than the user what the user wants to
do. The computer wants to connect you as soon as you start it.
Of course, this can be prevented.
With 45 years of computer experience behind me, it has taken me two days
to figure out what Ubuntu wrongly believes I want to do and how it goes
inside.
I have forgotten Ubuntu and this nightmare since long, so I cannot tell
you what to do in your case, hopefully somebody more clever than me will.
Jacques
Henry W. Peters wrote:
Ok, Marv, I *think* I have the parameters set up correctly (?) on my
Ubuntu system. Still get the hang-up after a few seconds of mutual
(presumably) handshake. From the concerns you sent (below included) what
is the (your) recommended course of action?
Thanks,
Henry
p.s. the modem tried to dial up before I was logged in... I take it this
would not be a usual event?
At 10:23 PM 7/26/2008, Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
Henry,
The info below may/maynot be cogent to your US robotics Controller
chipset modem.
Unless a failure is encoutered, assume it is not.
There is alternate support for the 11c1:0620 Agere modem,
but a bit more difficult to implement.
MarvS
scanModem maintainer
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <jb1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Subject: kernel 2.6.25 serial port bug [continued]
To: Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: btech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Another thread discussing the kernel 2.6.25 serial port bug has
appeared in the minicom discussion group,"minicom 2.3 (which termcap)
and kernel 2.6.25.1 (DTR)". The original post:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/minicom-devel/2008/000872.html
implies a fairly specific way to detect the bug (and find the faulty
code) using minicom. The second post:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/minicom-devel/2008/000873.html
states, "The 8250 drivers in versions 2.6.25 through 2.6.25.7 are
broken. 2.6.25.8 (and later) works." I don't know R.L. Horn except
through his posts on this topic, but he seems quite knowledgable.
If any of the developers or, worse yet, the modem manufacturers have
emulated the faulty 8250 code it might explain the difficulties and
inconsistencies they're encountering under 2.6 kernels. I've also
noticed a few users reporting problems setting up their wvdial init
strings; maybe some of these are related to the problem described in
the first minicom post above.
A correction to my previous message (shown below): minicom is a
text-only *serial terminal* program, not a *browser* ... DUH!.
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, jb1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> It seems that the linmodem developers are having more difficulty
than usual adapting their code to recent kernels. Some time ago you or
Jacques posted a message about the kernel rejecting non-GPL modules;
now the kernel developers have introduced a bug into the serial driver
in at least some of the 2.6.25 kernels! I stumbled across three
threads in the minicom discussion group. They all seem to be the same
problem, but the "subject" evolved as its nature became better
understood. Here are the "original posts" of the threads:
> http:
//lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/minicom-devel/2008/000849.html
> http:
//lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/minicom-devel/2008/000850.html
> http:
//lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/minicom-devel/2008/000852.html
> In case you're unfamiliar with it, "minicom" is a text-only
command-line
> browser.
>
> It seems unlikely that the linmodem drivers would be directly
affected by the bug, but the developers should at least be aware of
it. I vaguely remember someone with a *hardware* modem reporting
difficultly configuring wvdial; maybe it was due to this bug.
>
> I've sent this message to you alone because I doubt that it would be
of much use to the whole group but of course you may do with it as you
wish. As always, thank you, Jacques, et. al., for your great work.
>
> P.S.
> There's a typo in the scanModem.gz I downloaded a few minutes ago.
The second line contains a space before the "y" in your last name.
