[Basilisk-user] Serial ports under linux

[Rhonda H. <0x7...@pa...>]

Hello,

I was wondering if somebody could help me with a serial port problem I'm
having with Basilisk II running under Linux.

And before you ask, yes, my permissions allow me to use the ports - in
fact, they're wide open:

# ls -l /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 /dev/ttyS2 /dev/ttyS3
crwxrwxrwx    1 root     uucp       4,  64 Dec 14 01:09 /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     uucp       4,  65 Jul 17  1994 /dev/ttyS1
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     uucp       4,  66 Jul 17  1994 /dev/ttyS2
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     uucp       4,  67 Jul 17  1994 /dev/ttyS3

And I know I'm pointing at the right one (ttyS0 in this case) because
another program was talking to that same device on that same serial
port.  It's having its own problems - crapping out partway through a
data transfer - but it is setting up the connection successfully.  I'm
not sure if this is related.

Anyhow, back to the question.  Basilisk, and the app running, both lock
up hard, requiring a kill from the console, whenever I try to release
the serial port.  It seems that way, anyhow.  I can select the serial
port to use, try to connect, whatever, but as soon as I try to deselect
the serial port or close the connection program, Basilisk locks up and
MacOS gives me shit the next time I start it for not letting it shut
down properly.

What I've tried: mapping the "printer" and "modem" serial ports in
Basilisk to both physical ports, and swapping them; mapping only one,
then the other; connecting via one, then the other.  It acts the same
regardless.

The app in question is "Newton Connection Utilities", and the device in
question is a Newton, if that helps at all.  The newton mailing list
hasn't been able to help me beyond pointing me at this fine program at
the start.  Well, that and providing a mac OS 7.5.something disk image
with NCU pre-installed.

I should probably focus on getting Basilisk talking via ethernet, and
having my Linux box route appletalk, since connecting to the newton via
ethernet is much faster, but this serial thing is bothering me and I
want to get it fixed first.  Call me obssessive if you want to :-)

I hope it's some stupid thing that I'm forgetting and somebody will
point it out and call me an idiot and I'll happily connect to my Newton.

Please?

-Rhonda
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