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From: paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: init/inittab/getty/gettydefs from plains
Summary: problems with init/inittab/getty/gettydefs package from plains
Keywords: init inittab getty gettydefs modem
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.133804.28724@ukpoit.co.uk>
Date: 18 Mar 91 13:38:04 GMT
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I have been using the init/inittab/getty/gettydefs package available on
archive-server@plains.nodak.edu for some time on my MacPlus.

[ My problems with this package MAY or MAY NOT be MacMinix specific, so can ]
[ people who have implemented this software on PCs, STs or whatever         ]
[ please continue to read this posting. This is a good example of why       ]
[ comp.os.minix should not be split up along cpu-type or machine-type lines.]

I have amended (minor bug fix) modem.c as follows:
    if (st >= argc) usage();    /* We need the TTY name as well! */
        ^^
        optind

My /etc/inittab is as follows:
    id:2:exec:/bin/sync
    rc:S123456:exec:/bin/sh:/etc/rc
    ud:123456:spawn:/etc/update:
    cr:123456:exec:/usr/bin/cron:
    t0:S123456:respawn:/etc/getty:/dev/tty0 -k WIND1
    t1:S123456:respawn:/etc/getty:/dev/tty1 -k WIND2
    t2:S123456:respawn:/etc/uugetty:/dev/tty2 -t MODEM
    sh:0:exec:/bin/sh:/etc/brc

My /etc/gettydefs is as follows:
    WIND1#SANE#SANE#Window 1 Login: #WIND1
    WIND2#SANE#SANE#Window 2 Login: #WIND2
    MODEM#SANE B2400#SANE B2400#Modem Login: #MODEM

The package is excellent. It allows me to be able to dial into my Mac (usually!
something is now wrong with my modem at the moment), however there are a number
of problems:

1)  The processes associated with /dev/tty0 (ie: sh, ps etc.) are NOT shown to
    be associated with t0 (or co) when a ps is executed, but those processes
    associated with /dev/tty1 ARE shown to be associated with t1.

2)  Command getlf does NOT work in the window /dev/tty0, but DOES work in the
    window /dev/tty1. (The tty command works fine in both windows).

3)  When I execute the following:
        while true
        do
                something ...
        done
                        in /dev/tty0 I cannot terminate it (ie: interrupt it),
but when I run it in the /dev/tty1 window I can terminate it quite easily.

I think all the above symptoms are related to one bug. Can anybody help? Is it
Mac specific? Are any MacMinix users out there using this package? Does telinit
exist yet (that would complete the init package nicely)?

paul@ukpoit.co.uk          Paul Wood, 31 Buttermere Drive, Dronfield Woodhouse,
                           ----------- Sheffield, England, S18 5PX. -----------
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