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From: bep@quintro.uucp (Bryan Province)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: getty parity problem
Keywords: getty parity
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.214034.1951@quintro.uucp>
Date: 17 Jan 91 21:40:34 GMT
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A while back I posted an article about a problem with getty.  Several people
said they were experiencing the same problem.  I worked some with the
HP/Apollo support line but I couldn't convince them that they had a problem.
The problem is this.

When the login process first starts up it uses 7 bits, even parity, and 1
stop bit even though I have it setup to use 8,n,1.  After you type in your
username at what looks like a garbled login prompt the line gets reset back
to 8,n,1 and the Password: prompt looks fine and so does everything else
after that.  After you logout the login prompt goes back to 7,e,1 and the
cycle starts all over again.  I have seen the problem only when using the
Procomm terminal emmulator on a PC.  I have noticed that other people have
seen the problem with other PC terminal emmulators.

When I explained the problem to the support line the guy said he didn't have
Procomm and had no way of getting a copy.  He wasn't very helpful in trying
to recreate the problem and I gave up.

Has anyone else been successful in getting HP/Apollo to acknoledge this
problem?  I know that several HP/Apollo people are now reading this net so
maybe you are or aren't aware of this.

BTW, I want to take the opportunity to graciously thank you HP people who are
watching this forum.  I especially want to thank those who have responded to
questions posted here.  Your comments ( though not officially from HP :-) )
are greatly appreciated.
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Bryan Province -Glenayre Corp., Quincy, IL- quintro!bep@lll-winken.llnl.gov
             "I tried putting instant coffee in the microwave,
                I almost went back in time."  - Steven Wright