[Wine]wine/conf file - how to access COM port for modem

[Andy Allen]

Many thanks Scott,
I've added my username to the group (uucp) and now I can access the
modem! I've still got a problem with the program, but at least I've made
some progress with your help.
Best regards,
Andy

On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 00:51, Scott Gillespie wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 06:25:49PM +0000, Andy Allen wrote:
> > Help please,
> > Adding "COM4:"="/dev/ttyS0" to wine/conf file doesn't seem to do the
> > trick - comms program installed in wine still says "communication port
> > cannot be opened" - any ideas on how to access the modem please?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Andy
> > 
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> 
> Possibly, this is a permissions issue.
> I'm using Slackware (10) and my /dev/ttyS0 -> vc/0, is owned by me -
> which I presumably did a while ago... It is by default owned by root:tty
> I believe.
> 
> If you're /dev/ttyS0 has the group 'tty', place yourself in that group.
> (edit /etc/group and put your name next to the tty group, comma
> seperated if there already is a name - There's a more simple way using a
> command, however I've forgotten it). Make sure you logout and in again
> and group 'groups' to make sure you're in tty.
> 
> If it's not owned by tty, but another group (apart from 'root') add
> yourself to that instead, or change (creating if need be) it to tty and
> do the above. You should probably stick with what your distro uses,
> however.
> 
> Now you should be able to use the port - and all the others for that
> matter.
> 
> Regards,
> Scott