Linux-Hams archive - February 1997: Re: Problems with ax25-utils

Re: Problems with ax25-utils

Alan Crosswell (nuwmgztq@eveloz.com)
Sat, 1 Feb 97 10:31:40 EST


> Walter R. Rice wrote:
> >
> > When I try to axattach my TNC I get the following error message:
> >
> > ERROR 'sl0' busy and not MOD_IN_USE.
> > axattach: SIOCSIFHWADDR: Invalid argument
> >
> > Any suggestions? I have a Kantronic KPC3 on com1, and the command
>
> Walter,
> You haven't told us what version of kenrel or ax25-utils you are
> using, but I'm going to assume 2.0.28/ax25-utils-2.0.12c
>
> You have probably not compiled your kernel with SLIP support,
> in the 2.0.* kernels this is required to allow KISS
>
> Terry
>

mod not in use can aslo mean you need to do a setserial /dev/cua0 callout_nohup
to tell it to ignore dcd
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