[comp.sys.att] UNIX PC uucp Problem

twong@spock.UUCP (Terry Wong) (06/29/89)

Hello netlanders.  I hope someone's able to help me.

I've been having a problem with my UNIXPC's uucp ever since I got the
machine last September.  I have made many attempts at establishing a
usable link to several systems, including The Store, all without
success.  My system's uucp has not made one single transfer.  I called
AT&T about my problem a while back, but they were not at all helpful.
Is there something unusual about the stock uucp supplied with 3.51 that I
should know?  Or am I just setting up the L.sys entries incorrectly
(I'm not using the admin-kit)?  Here are the lines I tried to use for
The Store and osu-cis: 

shop Any ph0 1200 12019574646 "" BREAK "" BREAK "" BREAK "" BREAK ""
BREAK "" BREAK "" ogin:--ogin: shop

osu-cis Any ph0 1200 16142923112 "" \r\c Name? osu-cis nected \c GO
\r\d\r\d\r\d ogin:--ogin:--ogin: Uanon

I get entries in my LOGFILE like these:

osu-ci!twong (6/29-0:42:23) (U,304,0) QUE'D (C.osu-cinA0040)
osu-ci!uucp (6/29-0:42:58) (C,306,0) OK (DIAL ph0 P16142923112 30)

After the OK DIAL, there is no further communication with the system
I'm trying to contact.  I usually lose the line or get timed out and
the modem hangs up.  I have not had a single successful login.

I'm using the 1200 baud on-board modem.  Are the L.sys entries my
problem (If so, how does one create a correct entry, especially for
the two systems mentioned above)?  Or is there a bug in the software?  

I would appreciate all help anyone can give me, as I do not have a great
deal of experience in system managing -- this is my first UNIX
machine.  The UNIX PC is so different from the VAX we have at CRH.

Please send replies to:  yale!spock!twong

HELP!

Thanks.

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|  Terry Wong                               "Be yourself, no matter what  |
|  Class of 1989                                       they say"          |
|  Choate Rosemary Hall                                                   |
|                                                                --Sting  |
|  yale!spock!twong                                                       |
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twong@spock.UUCP (Terry Wong) (07/08/89)

Hi everybody!  I'm just posting to thank all the people who replied to
my call for help on my UNIX PC uucp problem.  My difficulties were
traced to my failure to set the line to data mode before running
uucico.  uucp runs now, to the best of its ability 8-).

It was my first time asking the group for technical help, and I'm amazed
and reassured at the number of people offering their time and insight to
help get me going.  I used to be worried about losing AT&T's support on
the UNIX PC with the discontinuation.  Now, after my first experience
with the net, it doesn't matter so much to me.  As long as there are
interested, dedicated individuals who use and maintain these machines,
there will always be support -- USER SUPPORT -- which is, in my opinion, far
more useful than manufacturer support.

Thanks again for the help, and long live the UNIX PC!


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|  Terry Wong                          "Be yourself, no matter what  |
|  Class of 1989                               they say"             |
|  Choate Rosemary Hall                                              |
|                                                           --Sting  |
|  yale!spock!twong                                                  |
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rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) (07/09/89)

In article <686@spock.UUCP> twong@spock.UUCP (Terry Wong) writes:
>Hi everybody!  I'm just posting to thank all the people who replied to
>my call for help on my UNIX PC uucp problem.  [...]
>
>It was my first time asking the group for technical help, and I'm amazed
>and reassured at the number of people offering their time and insight to
>help get me going.  [...]


A _positive_ result of posting UnixPC questions to comp.sys.att (and
as far as I can tell, it wasn't even crossposted... :-)



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