franco@pembina.cs.UAlberta.CA (Franco Carlacci) (11/17/90)
Well, I just got my copy of minix 1.5 for IBM PC for PH. I got it
going on my zeos 386 without any problems. Well.... one problem. I can't
seem to get the getty to work. I can hang a terminal off my serial
port ( /dev/tty2) I can use kermit and term to call out, but, I can't
get getty to service that device.
I recompiled getty.c so that it would wait for DCD. ( That's one
of two options: there other is to simply ignore it. I'll say more
about that later). All this does is cause getty to sit in a an endless
loop, waiting for a DCD that never comes even though my modem tells me
that it is there. Using the other method leads to other unpleasantries.
I tried using a breakout box to make sure that DCD was being asserted.
That didn't change things.
My question is: what, if anything, am I doing wrong? This is my
first crack at being an administrator for a unix box, so I imagine
that I've left something out. Maybe my /etc/gettydefs file is set up
incorrectly. Anyone have one that I can look at? I'd really like to
get this going, so any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
franco ( franco@cs.ualberta.ca)
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franco@cs.ualberta.ca | Calvin and Hobbes waltje@minixug.mugnet.org (Fred van Kempen) (11/21/90)
In article <1990Nov17.010425.13537@cs.UAlberta.CA>, franco@pembina.cs.UAlberta.CA (Franco Carlacci) wrote: > I recompiled getty.c so that it would wait for DCD. ( That's one > of two options: there other is to simply ignore it. I'll say more > about that later). All this does is cause getty to sit in a an endless > loop, waiting for a DCD that never comes even though my modem tells me Yes, because the standard MINIX kernel ("P-H") does not support the DCD and DTR lines properly. Use the "CHOICE_B" option. > My question is: what, if anything, am I doing wrong? This is my > first crack at being an administrator for a unix box, so I imagine > that I've left something out. Maybe my /etc/gettydefs file is set up > incorrectly. Anyone have one that I can look at? I'd really like to > get this going, so any help would be much appreciated. 1. Read the posting about INIT/GETTY by me, from a couple of days ago. 2. See above. Fred. +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | MINIX User Group Holland UUCP: waltje@minixug.mugnet.org | | c/o Fred van Kempen, or: waltje%minixug@plains.nodak.edu | | Hoefbladhof 27 | | 2215 DV VOORHOUT "Love is - what you want it to be. | | The Netherlands Alannah Myles" | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+