Re: Trying to connect to a 6250

[Ian Stuart]

On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 22:02, Pawel Kot wrote:
> On 30 Oct 2002, Ian Stuart wrote:
> 
> > Setting the suid bit is out, as gtk+ barfs.
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand this.
The word "barfs", or what I was talking about generally?

If I "chmod 2750 xgnokii" then it will not start. there is a meesage
printed to STDOUT from GTK+ saying that it will not allow SUID/SGID
programs to run.

> 
> > I needed to give (gnokii) group permissions to the /var/lock directory,
> 
> See the comments in the Docs/samples/gnokiirc
OK - I see where you are coming from now...

> > I've also noticed that I can update the contents of the phones SMS
> > inbox, but the phone still thinks that it has two new messages...
> > Another wee think to think about....
> 
> Is your point that gnokii does not change message status?
Yes (I think)
The phone still shows the tell-tail icon for "new message" in the
display, even if I have deleted the message :)

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