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From: jan@filetek.com (Jan Morales)
Subject: help: modem dial-in getty not working [NetBSD 0.9]
Message-ID: <CDLqMo.AKw@filetek.com>
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Keywords: modem getty dialup
Sender: news@filetek.com
Organization: FileTek, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1993 12:56:47 GMT
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I'm running NetBSD 0.9 and I'm trying to get a dial-in line to work.
I see getty come up but when I dial in I see nothing on the remote
end.  I can tip on both ends and see characters when I type so I know
the modems can talk.  I can also dial out on this modem with no trouble.

I have a MultiTech MultiModem MT1432MU modem connected to /dev/com1.
/dev/com1 is configured as follows:

device          com1    at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector comintr

ls -lg /dev/com1:

crw-------    1 uucp     dialer     8,   1 Sep 19 08:42 /dev/com1

[Changing ownership and permissions on this file made no difference.]

There is a symbolic link called /dev/tty01 pointing to /dev/com1.
ls -lg /dev/tty01:

lrwxr-xr-x    1 root     wheel           4 Sep 18 20:10 /dev/tty01 -> com1

This is the entry in /ets/ttys:

tty01   "/usr/libexec/getty D2400"      dialup  on

/etc/gettytab is unmodified.  Here's the version:

#       from: @(#)gettytab      5.14 (Berkeley) 3/27/91

Before letting getty loose on the line, I set up the modem as follows:

ats0=1		[autoanswer after one ring]
atq1		[disable responses]
ate0		[disable echo]

I've read the man pages for getty(8), gettytab(5), and ttys(5) as well as
the FAQ.  I thought that the man page for tty(4) might be useful but I
don't have it on my system.

What am I doing wrong?  Can someone please help?  Many thanks!

Jan
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Jan Morales                      Internet: jan@filetek.com
FileTek, Inc.                        UUCP: uunet!fltk!jan
Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.