minicom...

[pfarrar at learningco.com]

     Hm...
     
     I think I phrased that poorly.
     
     My wonder is that running e2fsck got my modem working again.
     
     Why?
     

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Subject: Re: minicom...
Author:  "Anthony J. Gabrielson" <agabriel at coe.neu.edu> at InterNet
Date:    7/6/99 9:02 AM


Hello,
        I think, not positive, but I beleive e2fsck performs a bit
differently when the file system is not mounted.  You may be saying no 
kidding it works no it didn't work then.  I beleive this because a year 
ago I had a problem and it told me to do what you did.  I didn't respond 
because I haven't access to my email for 5 days.  I want my journaling 
filesystem now damnt - any one know if sgi is almost done with there legal 
background check on there filesystem?
     
Anthony
     
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 pfarrar at learningco.com wrote:
     
>      Hi,
>      
>      No one replied to my original e-mail here, but I've got minicom 
>      running again.
>      
>      I ran e2fsck from a rescue floppy on the 2 stable partions (/ and 
>      /home), and rebooted and now it works fine.
>      
>      Any insight as to why this fixed the problem?* 
>      
>      Peter
>      
>      *???????????????????
> 
> 
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> Subject: minicom...
> Author:  pfarrar at learningco.com at InterNet 
> Date:    6/25/99 9:19 AM
> 
> 
>      Hi
>      
>      My file system is falling apart due, I believe, to hard drive issues.  
>      So I ran e2fsck and made my system (to my surprize) even more unhappy. 
>      
>      It still runs, but it's frozen a few times recently, which causes a 
>      hard reboot... very bad for the file system.
>      
>      Here's the thing.  My modem was working great with minicom.  Now, when 
>      I start minicom theres nothing happening.  The minicom screen comes up 
>      and I can TRY to dial out, but the modem wont connect.  The cursor 
>      kinda just sits there and does nothing.  No connection.  I can't even 
>      type in ATDT or any basic 'are you there Mr. modem?' stuff.
>      
>      I've been looking for lock files or some such thing that might have 
>      been left behind after a freeze up, but I can't find anything.  The 
>      only lock files I find are while minicom is running.  Is there 
>      something else going on here?  Has any one had this kind of problem?  
>      I'd search the news groups, but I CAN'T get to them with out my modem. 
>      
>      This really stinks!
>      
>      help...
>      Peter
>      
>      (PS I've never gotten seyon or any other communications software 
>      running) 
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