Minicom update & internal modem


Subject: Minicom update & internal modem
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt (bh40@calva.net)
Date: Fri Dec 17 1999 - 11:58:01 MST


It looks like the patch finally made into the release. So the
just-released minicom 1.83.0 seems to contain the fix that makes It work
with the internal modem. I didn't try but I did look at the source.

I suggest distribution makers test it and make the update for their next
rounds of CDs.

For those still using the previous version, here's the patch:

>--- minicom-1.82.orig/src/main.c Thu Aug 27 00:54:16 1998
>+++ minicom-1.82/src/main.c Thu Oct 14 16:20:00 1999
>@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
> if (setjmp(albuf) == 0) {
> portfd = -1;
> signal(SIGALRM, get_alrm);
>- alarm(2);
>+ alarm(4);
> #if defined(O_NDELAY) && defined(F_SETFL)
> portfd = open(dial_tty, O_RDWR|O_NDELAY);
> if (portfd >= 0){
>



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