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From: waltje@minixug.mugnet.org (Fred van Kempen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: rs232 and getty
Message-ID: <225@minixug.mugnet.org>
Date: 20 Nov 90 16:29:44 GMT
References: <1990Nov17.010425.13537@cs.UAlberta.CA>
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In article <1990Nov17.010425.13537@cs.UAlberta.CA>, franco@pembina.cs.UAlberta.CA (Franco Carlacci) wrote:
>     I recompiled getty.c so that it would wait for DCD. ( That's one
> of two options: there other is to simply ignore it. I'll say more
> about that later). All this does is cause getty to sit in a an endless
> loop, waiting for a DCD that never comes even though my modem tells me
Yes, because the standard MINIX kernel ("P-H") does not support the DCD and DTR
lines properly.  Use the "CHOICE_B" option.

>    My question is:  what, if anything, am I doing wrong? This is my
> first crack at being an administrator for a unix box, so I imagine
> that I've left something out. Maybe my /etc/gettydefs file is set up
> incorrectly. Anyone have one that I can look at? I'd really like to
> get this going, so any help would be much appreciated. 

1.  Read the posting about INIT/GETTY by me, from a couple of days ago.
2.  See above.

Fred.
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