From: John P. Looney (valen at domain redbrick.dcu.ie)
Date: Wed 05 May 1999 - 12:39:55 IST
On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 10:49:28PM +0100, Andy Ferguson mentioned:
> A couple of things ...
> mgetty is designed to deal with a modem on a serial port and
> attempts to initialise it using AT strings defined in
> /etc/mgetty/mgetty.config and friends. If there is no modem present
> it will do wierd things on the serial line.
There was no /etc/mgetty directory. There was a /etc/mgetty+sendfax
directory. I used that...
> The -r switch should tell mgetty its a direct line and prevent modem
> initialisation - your logfile suggests it is still trying to reset
> the modem.
Indeed. Should the presence of the 'direct y' in the config file nullify
the need for a '-r' flag ?
> Other options for this file are detailed in the documentation with
> the source and maybe in the info files. Check the info files for
> your exact problem under the heading
> mgetty works. /bin/login hangs
> You may need to rewire your serial cable, it seems, if the problem
> persists.
The serial cable works. I can do hotsyncs & stuff with it at 57600 bps.
Kate
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