On Wed, 13 Mar 2013, Jeremy Rand wrote: > Could it be the configuration of the modem itself which is leading to it > resetting? I believe the DTR pin is usually asserted when a process opens the > serial port and it is cleared when the port is closed. If that is true, then > perhaps the modem is configured to reset on loss of DTR: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Terminal_Ready > > Specifically look at the AT&D3 command. So if you are finding the modem is > resetting itself when you kill minicom with -9, perhaps it is the modem itself > doing it. Maybe... turns out it was the fault of an older version of minicom for which this was a known flaw. upgrading to a newer version solved it. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================