Linux-Hams archive - April 1997: Re: Kissattach: TIOCSETD: Invalid argument

Re: Kissattach: TIOCSETD: Invalid argument

Brian A. Lantz (pis.iozbmx@mailit.tunk.net)
Sun, 13 Apr 1997 22:13:06 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 13 Apr 1997, Richard Nicol wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Following the AX25 HOWTO, I upgraded my kernel from 2.0.28 to 2.029 and
> installed ax25-module-12 and ax25-utils-2.1.22b today.
>
> The new kernel boots successfully and using mkiss I can configure two
> pseudo ttys but when I try to create the kiss device using
>
> /usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ttyp0 144
>
> I get the error message
>
> kissattach: TIOCSETD: Invalid argument

Try using the correct end of the pseudo-tty ;-)

Use ptyp0 NOT ttyp0

Use ttyp0 for the second (client) end of a pseudo-tty pair.

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