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From: A.M.Zanker@newcastle.ac.uk (Mike Zanker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Login from tty1 (PC)
Message-ID: <42951@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 91 13:00:43 GMT
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> The manual is decidedly lacking in this area. I have
> just printed out getty.c and was about to study it to check what the format of
> /etc/gettydefs is under minix compared with System V.x, when I saw this message.

This is exactly what I did and I now have a working /etc/gettydefs. I have
not tried it with a modem yet but it certainly works with a terminal on tty1.
The format is as follows:

label_1# flags1# flags2# login_prompt# label_2#
#
label_2# flags1# flags2# login_prompt# label_3#
#
etc.
etc.

Lines beginning # are ignored. I had to make a few changes to getty.c as
well but then I always do things the hard way :-)

If you want any more details, email me direct.

Mike Zanker
Dept of Mathematics
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
England