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Date:      Wed, 8 Jan 1997 02:24:12 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jon Drukman <jsd@gamespot.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: no login prompt on modem dialin
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970108022352.246Y-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970106160841.jsd@gamespot.com>

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On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Jon Drukman wrote:

> hi, i'm trying to setup a very basic dial-in.  one USrobotics 28.8 modem
> connected to serial 0.  i have an entry in /etc/ttys:
> 
> ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup on insecure
> 
> ps shows it's running.  dialing in with another modem in the same room.  i
> hear the modem pick up, i get "CONNECT 28800".  and then... nothing.  no
> login: prompt.  nothing i do gets any response.  i've checked the serial
> port speed with stty -a -f /dev/ttyd0 and it matches.  i've changed
> std.57600 to cycle through all the different options (kill -1 1 each time
> of course).  no luck.
> 
> can anybody think of anything i've overlooked?

Did you try hitting <return> a few times?  Sometimes they need a little
kickstart.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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