[Techtalk] None

PCasper sylph at cyber-dyne.com
Thu Feb 5 11:45:05 EST 2004


I used "killall pppd" to exit when I used wvdial

I just made it into a shortcut/icon in my WM

--Poppy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <housekm at fastmail.fm>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:32 AM
Subject: [Techtalk] None


> Hello, all,
> 
> I've hacked my way through first-time linux installation as far as
> getting
> wvdial to work from root.  My problem is getting out:  the only way I
> know
> to make the script quit is control/c.  This works for root, but not for
> any
> other ID - it leaves ttyS0 locked up & any other user that tries to get
> in
> gets a "device or resource busy" message.
> 
> Can anyone tell me either how to send an interrupt signal (+++ or ATH) to
> the modem directly (like the echo ATH >COM1: in window$) so that I can
> append it to my dialup script or how to exit wvdial so that the modem is
> freed?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Kathleen
> 
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