Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 19:35:13 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: doug@carbine.holster.demos.com (Douglas Jackson) Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modem debugging. Message-ID: <199604271745.TAA27181@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <3180701E.41C67EA6@carbine.holster.demos.com> from "Douglas Jackson" at Apr 25, 96 11:41:34 pm
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Douglas Jackson writes: > > I'm having trouble dialing in to my system. It's 2.1-RELEASE. > > I've an internal modem, which i've configured for auto-answer, according to the > handbook. It does answer, and the modem on the calling end announces a 14400, > reliable connection. > > The system signs on, and I can enter my login name, which echos to me. > Then the password: prompt appears. I can type anything, including cr, and nothing > happens, not even a login failure. Pressing ^j gives login failure, even with > a good password. > > If I "tip /dev/modem", and then dial in, everything connects, and I can type > end-to-end with no troubles. > > I'm running rc.serial, with a "modem 3" statement. > > Any tips will be appreciated. As you obviously suspect, the first place to look is at the control character settings. While you're trying to enter the password, do a stty -f /dev/modem -a from another terminal and check what it shows. Probably the information will tell you what the problem is--otherwise let me know and I'll try to guess. Greg
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