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                           Hi volx !

The getties drive me nuts. Every getty with its certain problem =:(.
( Yes, I've read the serial-how2 )
What I want is have any getty watch the modem serial port and connect
on an incoming call. The getty should also let programms like minicom,
seyon and pppd open the serial port ( /dev/cua<X> ! ). So these are
my experiences. ( Tested one after the other, and not all together of
course )

agetty: Doesn't pick the phone up, But lets minicom etc. open /dev/cua1.
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/etc/initab:
d2:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS1 vt100

mgetty: Works fine so far, but doesn't let minicom etc. open
------  /dev/cua1.

/etc/inittab:
d2:45:respawn:/usr/sbin/mgetty -D ttyS1

getty+uugetty: Segfaulting with kernel-2.0.0 & libc-5.2.18 =:(
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Any idea's ?
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                           TNX Andreas

PS: Email would be appreciated.

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Hamburg, Germany

* win: command not found
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I use mgetty on 1.99.14 (compiling 2.0.2 as we speak) for:
  dial-in: login, slip, ppp, fax
  dialout: minicom, xc, slip, ppp, sendfax
All on a single class-2 faxmodem.

/etc/inittab
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on...\n\n\rlogin: " -n1 -i/etc/issue.modem -s38400 ttyS1

Make sure that mgetty and the comm programs use the same lock dir.
I have /var/spool/locks -> /var/spool/uucp

Don't use agetty because it likes to keep the port open.  mgetty monitors
the port for activity.

Quote:>agetty: Doesn't

Quote:>------

>/etc/initab:
>d2:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS1 vt100

>mgetty: Works fine so far, but doesn't let minicom etc. open
>------      /dev/cua1.

Good luck.

Colin...

Strider

Quote:> I use agetty with no problems.  When I switched to it I had to make a
> change in the /etc/default directory for the serial port to configure
> the modem.

> Strider

Seems like your got remote dialin access working, if so, could you
please let me in on it, cause I'm having major problems trying
to configure it to work properly just as a dumb terminal connection.

I've modified the "inittab" as shown below:
#
d2:45:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS1 vt100
#

My modem is an internal (PC modem) on COM1:

Something was mentioned about the /etc/defaults directory files, what
needs to be done there to the agetty.ttyS1?

Do I need to modify the /etc/securettys (or is it the /etc/ttys) to include
the ttyS1?

I'm able to get the modems to connect and negotiate a speed but it seems
to just sit around waiting for something else to happen......

I've configure my modem to autoanswer after 5 rings (ats0=5)....

So I guess I've left something out that I'm not quite sure about.

Any help would be much appreciated, please email response to:

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