Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 01:30:45 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: "none" <public234@nj.rr.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dialin problem Message-ID: <200307180130.45462.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <002e01c34c6d$09908bc0$010a0a0a@desktop> References: <002e01c34c6d$09908bc0$010a0a0a@desktop>
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 23:39, none wrote: > Hi, if anyone has done dial-in service before > i am having is that my modem does pick up the phone when i dial in, and= the > two modems establish a connection, but the OS does not do anything ther= e is > no login prompt, i was able to send data directly to the port and see i= t on > the other computer with command: echo "Hello" > /dec/cuaa0, Also i rea= d > that if getty completes the open port process then it changes from ?? i= n > the PS screen to something it does not, so i am assuming that getty doe= sn't > realize that the connection has been established, any ideas? > Apart from setting your modem to answer incoming calls have you enabled t= he port for login in /etc/ttys. If you are on the first serial port you must change the ttyd0 line from '= off'=20 to 'on' and possibly choose a different getty argument. A predefined set = of=20 modem interface parameters is available in /etc/gettytab. Malcolm =20
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