Serial ports/Speak Freely/Video/Installation Dependencies...
Hi all,
I just joined the mailing list since I just upgraded my 2 year old
Slackware installation to Debian 1.2.7 from ftp.debian.org.
All in all, I'd have to say I'm pleased but there are a few nagging
questions.
getty processed on ttyS1 block modem access to cua1. When a getty is
running (getty, agetty, uugetty or mgetty) and I try to run kermit (or
minicom or statserial) I get a can't open device error. Why? They
didn't used to. Is this a new kernel feature?
Also, on another subject, is there any way network audio system can
co-exist with speak freely? I use speak freely to listen to my house
while I'm at work. I have two dogs I like to keep and ear on. Is
there any reason that I can only operate with -DAUDIO_BLOCKING? I
have a SB16 installed and I think it supports bi-directional sound
(i. e. /dev/audio and /dev/mixer are independent).
Another general subject, what about video? Are there any cheap ($500
or less) camera/frame grabber packages available?
Are there any order dependencies on these "packages". After
installing emacs and emacs-el, I get a File mode specification error:
(file-error "Cannot open load file" "sh-script") after doing a C-x C-f
on a new file.
Keep up the good work and thanks for your attention and I'll try to
reciprocate when I know something someone else doesn't...
Mark
--
lever@ada.com
Applied Digital Access, Inc.
San Diego, CA 92121
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