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From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To: Toshihiro Kanda <candy@fct.kgc.co.jp>
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Subject: Re: getty(8) don't show `login:' prompt
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>   I'm using FreeBSD 2.1R.  I wanted to login via modem, but got
> difficulty...  Getty didn't show `login:' to remote terminal.
> 
>   After a short hacking /usr/src/libexec/getty/, I found a delay fixes
> this problem.

Umm, it worked fine on my box running 2.1R until last week, when I
upgraded to 2.1.5-Alpha, and it still works fine. :)

Are you sure the modem is correctly configured to raise the proper
signals when it answers the phone?  Also, try hitting return before
expecting the login prompt.


Nate