[nos-bbs] Works for one connect - then dies.

[maiko at pcs.mb.ca]

Gary wrote :

> Here's the error message:
>
> jnos> asy_tx(0): ax0 write error 5, shutting down
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.

That suggests an IO error when trying to talk to the
pseudo-tty device used in the slip connection.

1) Is this consistent from the start of JNOS running ?

2) When JNOS first starts up, are there any errors when
   the slip interface is attached ? Is it possible that
   the interface did not attach for some reason.

3) Is SLATTACH running on the linux side ? When it gets
   started, do you know for a fact that it is still running?

   note: just recently a few people found that the slip.o kernel
   driver was not installed by default anymore in the more recent
   versions of redhat, etc. If you manually start SLATTACH from
   the linux command line, does it start properly ?

4) Are you attaching to the proper side of the pseudo-tty,
   for example SLATTACH should use the master device (ptyp0),
   while the JNOS side should attach to the slave (ttyp0) ?

5) Wouldn't hurt to send us the excerpts of your rc.local
   that have the commands to start SLATTACH, and the autoexec.nos
   entry where you attach and configure the slip interface.

There's just a few questions for starters.

Maiko Langelaar / VE4KLM