Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:21:11 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Enabling A Serial Port On 6.2 Message-ID: <46908257.8060209@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <469056DE.40902@tundraware.com> References: <469056DE.40902@tundraware.com>
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Tim Daneliuk wrote: > System is FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE. > > I've added this to /etc/ttys: > > ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty dial.115200" unknown on insecure > > And this to gettytabs: > > dial.115200:\ > :np:to#30:hw:sp#115200:pp=/etc/ppp/pppserv > > But when I 'kill -HUP 1' no getty process on ttyd0 shows up in the ps > listing. I found (and fixed) what was causing this, but it is very strange and I am documenting here so others may avoid the pain. At the *end* of /etc/ttys the file, I put: ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty dial.115200" unknown on insecure But ... the entry did not end with a newline and init apparently thus didn't recognize it. Ending the line made everything happy. I am submitting this as a (very minor) bug, since I do not believe this to be correct behavior (but what do I know ;) ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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