paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood) (03/18/91)
I have been using the init/inittab/getty/gettydefs package available on
archive-server@plains.nodak.edu for some time on my MacPlus.
[ My problems with this package MAY or MAY NOT be MacMinix specific, so can ]
[ people who have implemented this software on PCs, STs or whatever ]
[ please continue to read this posting. This is a good example of why ]
[ comp.os.minix should not be split up along cpu-type or machine-type lines.]
I have amended (minor bug fix) modem.c as follows:
if (st >= argc) usage(); /* We need the TTY name as well! */
^^
optind
My /etc/inittab is as follows:
id:2:exec:/bin/sync
rc:S123456:exec:/bin/sh:/etc/rc
ud:123456:spawn:/etc/update:
cr:123456:exec:/usr/bin/cron:
t0:S123456:respawn:/etc/getty:/dev/tty0 -k WIND1
t1:S123456:respawn:/etc/getty:/dev/tty1 -k WIND2
t2:S123456:respawn:/etc/uugetty:/dev/tty2 -t MODEM
sh:0:exec:/bin/sh:/etc/brc
My /etc/gettydefs is as follows:
WIND1#SANE#SANE#Window 1 Login: #WIND1
WIND2#SANE#SANE#Window 2 Login: #WIND2
MODEM#SANE B2400#SANE B2400#Modem Login: #MODEM
The package is excellent. It allows me to be able to dial into my Mac (usually!
something is now wrong with my modem at the moment), however there are a number
of problems:
1) The processes associated with /dev/tty0 (ie: sh, ps etc.) are NOT shown to
be associated with t0 (or co) when a ps is executed, but those processes
associated with /dev/tty1 ARE shown to be associated with t1.
2) Command getlf does NOT work in the window /dev/tty0, but DOES work in the
window /dev/tty1. (The tty command works fine in both windows).
3) When I execute the following:
while true
do
something ...
done
in /dev/tty0 I cannot terminate it (ie: interrupt it),
but when I run it in the /dev/tty1 window I can terminate it quite easily.
I think all the above symptoms are related to one bug. Can anybody help? Is it
Mac specific? Are any MacMinix users out there using this package? Does telinit
exist yet (that would complete the init package nicely)?
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Chesterfield | FAX: +44 246 214353 |waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen) (03/22/91)
In article <1991Mar18.133804.28724@ukpoit.co.uk>, paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood) wrote: > > I have been using the init/inittab/getty/gettydefs package available on > archive-server@plains.nodak.edu for some time on my MacPlus. Is that the one I posed last week, or the old one? > [ My problems with this package MAY or MAY NOT be MacMinix specific, so can ] > [ people who have implemented this software on PCs, STs or whatever ] > [ please continue to read this posting. This is a good example of why ] > [ comp.os.minix should not be split up along cpu-type or machine-type lines.] I agree completely... > I have amended (minor bug fix) modem.c as follows: > if (st >= argc) usage(); /* We need the TTY name as well! */ > ^^ > optind This is _definitely_ the old package... > My /etc/inittab is as follows: > id:2:exec:/bin/sync > rc:S123456:exec:/bin/sh:/etc/rc > ud:123456:spawn:/etc/update: > cr:123456:exec:/usr/bin/cron: > t0:S123456:respawn:/etc/getty:/dev/tty0 -k WIND1 > t1:S123456:respawn:/etc/getty:/dev/tty1 -k WIND2 > t2:S123456:respawn:/etc/uugetty:/dev/tty2 -t MODEM > sh:0:exec:/bin/sh:/etc/brc Correct. > My /etc/gettydefs is as follows: > WIND1#SANE#SANE#Window 1 Login: #WIND1 > WIND2#SANE#SANE#Window 2 Login: #WIND2 > MODEM#SANE B2400#SANE B2400#Modem Login: #MODEM Also correct, although I would add "-ECHO RAW" as well... > of problems: > > 1) The processes associated with /dev/tty0 (ie: sh, ps etc.) are NOT shown to > be associated with t0 (or co) when a ps is executed, but those processes > associated with /dev/tty1 ARE shown to be associated with t1. Then INIT is the process group leader of that window. This has to do with the FS _assuming_ that INIT is in slot 2 (LOW_USER == 2), and that only INIT's children can be procgroup leader... :-( > 2) Command getlf does NOT work in the window /dev/tty0, but DOES work in the > window /dev/tty1. (The tty command works fine in both windows). See above. > 3) When I execute the following: > while true > do > something ... > done > in /dev/tty0 I cannot terminate it (ie: interrupt it), > but when I run it in the /dev/tty1 window I can terminate it quite easily. See above. > I think all the above symptoms are related to one bug. Can anybody help? Is it > Mac specific? Are any MacMinix users out there using this package? Does telinit > exist yet (that would complete the init package nicely)? See above, you were right. I will gather the stuff on uwalt, and post it again. That version _has_ a telinit (ln /etc/init /etc/telinit :-), but it is harder to install, since you have to fiddle with LOW_USER and such in FS and MM. :-( Fred. -- MicroWalt Corporation, for MINIX Development waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org Tel (+31) 252 230 205, Hoefbladhof 27, 2215 DV VOORHOUT, The Netherlands
paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood) (03/25/91)
In article <9103212032@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org> waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen) writes: >In article <1991Mar18.133804.28724@ukpoit.co.uk>, paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood) wrote: >> >> I have been using the init/inittab/getty/gettydefs package available on >> archive-server@plains.nodak.edu for some time on my MacPlus. >Is that the one I posed last week, or the old one? I can't find the latest one. I requested various index listings from plains over the weekend, and I don't see anything new. Have you just reposted it as Minix/mugnet.sources/7 (nice meaningful name :-) )? The date in the index for that file is still 23 Nov 1990. >> My /etc/gettydefs is as follows: >> WIND1#SANE#SANE#Window 1 Login: #WIND1 >> WIND2#SANE#SANE#Window 2 Login: #WIND2 >> MODEM#SANE B2400#SANE B2400#Modem Login: #MODEM >Also correct, although I would add "-ECHO RAW" as well... I assume you mean on the MODEM line only. >I will gather the stuff on uwalt, and post it again. That version _has_ a >telinit (ln /etc/init /etc/telinit :-), but it is harder to install, since >you have to fiddle with LOW_USER and such in FS and MM. :-( Great! I really need Advanced Minix so that I can beta-test your wnews and uucp (and try out your wmail and umail). [ BTW: Fred, I have been having problems mailing you and plains. ] [ Do you know why? Have other Minix people had the same problem? ] paul@ukpoit.co.uk Paul Wood, 31 Buttermere Drive, Dronfield Woodhouse, ----------- Sheffield, England, S18 5PX. ----------- -- Paul Wood [ e-mail: paul@ukpoit.co.uk or ...!ukc!ukpoit!paul ] [ address: iT, Barker Lane, Chesterfield, England S40 1DY ] [ phone: +44 246 214256, postline: 5403 4256, fax: +44 246 214353 ]