Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!well!rchrd
From: rchrd@well.UUCP (Richard Friedman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Enabling logins with sr10.1 and Hayes 2400bd modem...
Message-ID: <11682@well.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 89 17:24:37 GMT
References: <11602@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: rchrd@well.UUCP (Richard Friedman)
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Well, the troubles I was having trying to enable logins on
SR10.1 (BSD) went away when I changed the /etc/ttys definition
of the dialup line from the default  tty01   to   sio1  .
This was suggested by a comp.sys.apollo reader (whose name I 
have unfortunatly forgotten in my excitement).   One syndrome that
I encountered that was fixed by this change was the inability to
change the backspace/erase character.  The terminal would not
respond to any change via stty or tset, and it seemed there was
no way to get the terminal to reconginze backspace or delete.
Changing the name of the dialup to  sio1  fixed allthis.
I assume the problem lies somewhere deep in getty that is looking
at the device name and only recognizes  sio1   and not  any of the
tty lines. 

I called 800-2apollo  about this and got no positive response, only
mild disbelief.

Thanks again to our informant, who should identify himself here.
Its amazing how much accumulated knowledge is out there!

-- 
 ...Richard Friedman           rchrd@well.uucp                      
    (Pacific-Sierra Research/Berkeley, CA.)
     also: {lll-crg,pacbell,hplabs}!well!rchrd