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[peter.pilgrim@xxxxxx (Peter Pilgrim)]

Martijn.van.den.Burg@xxxxxxx wrote:

>
> From: Peter Pilgrim <peter.pilgrim@xxxxxx>
> >

--<SNIp>--

> >     pppd[345]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0
> >     pppd[345]: kernel tty_io.c process (345) pppd used obsolete
> >     `/dev/cua2' up date software to use `/dev/ttyS2'
> >     ...
> >     ...
> >     pppd[345]: Serial connection established
> >     pppd[345]: ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT): Operation not permitted
> >     pppd[345]: tcsetattr: Operation not permitted
> >     pppd[345]: Exit
> >
> > I checked everything that I could think of. I made sure that I tried
> > to connect as the superuser. I checked that `/dev/modem' is
> > symbolically linked to `/dev/ttyS2'. I also checked that the access
> > permissions for the program `pppd' and device files were set to
> > `root'.  I have no difficulty dialing up to my ISP with my modem, but
> > everytime the connection is completed, the `pppd' collapses. I suspect
> > that has something to do with the second message about the obsolete
> > `/dev/cua2'. I am clueless where to look next.
> >
>
> /dev/cua<x> used to be the 'old' name for /dev/ttyS<x> serial devices,
> it became obsolete with kernel 2.2.x (but it may have been 2.1.x, I'm not sure).
>
> A workaround could be to make a symlink from cua to ttS (as root):
>
> ln -s /dev/ttyS2 /dev/cua2
>
> this does not solve the actual cause of the problem, I'm too much of
> a newbie to know the exact details - maybe you should install 6.1 from
> scratch instead of upgrading from a different distro?

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Yes, but where does this `/dev/cua2' error come from, man?
It must be in one of the machine's configuration file somewhere, because I cannot
find it?!


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Cheers
Peter

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