I am trying to setup a dial-in MODEM on one of the serial ports (/dev/tty00)
on my alphastation 200 4/166. I added the following line to /etc/inittab
mdm1:1234:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty tty00 M9600 vt100
As far as I can tell the "M9600" refers to the folloing line in
/etc/gettydefs (the file and its contents came with the system):
M9600# B9600 HUPCL CS8 # B9600 SANE IXANY TAB3 HUPCL #login: #M2400
When I tried to login, however, the modem hangs up as soon as it answers.
I have managed to avoid this problem by changing "M9600" to "9600"
in /etc/inittab...which means I am using the line:
9600# B9600 HUPCL CS8 CLOCAL # B9600 SANE IXANY TAB3 CLOCAL #login: #9600
in /etc/gettydefs which sets up the line as if it were a local terminal
line, which has the nasty feature that:
(a) it doesn't hang up when I log out (I have to do an additional "^d"
to hangup the modem), and
(b) when my "call-waiting" beep hits, it hangs up my modem, but the login
session remains active...
THese are what the system is supposed to do for a local terminal, but
inappropriate for a modem dial-in line. Can anyone tell me what magical
incantation is required in /etc/gettydefs to get me a "normally behaved"
dial-in modem line on OSF/1???
thanks
cheers
Charlie Jui
Dept. of Physics
U. of Utah
Received on Sun Jan 15 1995 - 18:33:22 NZDT