Re: flexfax: Can not open modem

[Arthur Corliss <corliss@sinbad.net>]

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, David Woolley wrote:

> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:08:56 +0100 (BST)
> From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
> To: Noel Henson <noel@cowboyz.com>
> Cc: flexfax@sgi.com
> Subject: Re: flexfax: Can not open modem
> 
> > 
> > Oct 16 16:52:22 larry FaxSend[15182]: /dev/cua0: Can not open modem
> > (Device or resource busy)
> 
> Exactly as it says.  Something else already has the modem open, possibly
> as /dev/ttyS0.  It is possible that hylafax is locking itself out,
> and you should check the setserial options used, although a two year
> old beta is quite happy using /dev/cua0.
> 
> Incidentally, /dev/cua0 is deprecated and will be removed in future
> versions of Linux.

;-)  Which means I'll get another few years of it in Slackware. . .

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