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From: ralfi@pemstgt.PEM-Stuttgart.de (Ralf Holighaus)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: Need help with dialin
Message-ID: <1990Nov28.115040.23079@pemstgt.PEM-Stuttgart.de>
Date: 28 Nov 90 11:50:40 GMT
References: <68@gdx.UUCP>
Organization: PEM Tillmann Basien, Stuttgart, Germany
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jay@gdx.UUCP (Jay A. Snyder) writes:

>I'm using a Smart One 2400 hayes compatable modem.
>I have it setup so that the modem answers properly, but as soon as the
>modem answers, I get a console message:
>serial: ERROR: Garbage or loose cable on dev 0, port shut down

>getty doesn't seem to function
>if I do: stty </dev/tty1A after this message then getty will function
>and the user can login.

>Any ideas?

>J

Try to send a ATE0Q1 command to your modem for initialization.
If not, your modem would, prior to rising the DTR line, send character
replies to getty, which does not expect to receive data (no DTR!). So
getty treats this data as garbage from the line and therefore closed
down the line.

rgds
Ralf Holighaus
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