Re: Polhemus on IMPACT

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george williams (gcw++at++best.com)
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 20:39:49 -0700

...Another thing to try... Use the program "fuser" to determine
if another process you don't know about is using the serial port behind
your back. For example,

>> fuser /dev/ttyd2

will show all process IDs that have this serial port (file, actually) open.

Good luck.
George W.
Fakespace, Inc.

At 05:46 PM 9/10/98 +0100, you wrote:
>This isn't really a PF question, except that I need to know this for my PF
>apps.
>
>I run my Polhemus sensors connected to an SGI serial port + using the MR
>toolkit. For my Crimson RE it was easy - plug the sensors in + off I go,
>but that doesn't seem to work on my Indigo2 IMPACT.
>
>I notice that on an Indigo2, but not a Crimson, the ports can be
>configured via the System Manager to be a terminal, a printer or a MIDI
>device. I've tried all of those but to no avail.
>
>Can anyone suggest what I have to tweak to get my port set up right?
>
>many thanks
>
>roy
>
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