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From: Pat Sonnek <psonnek@soncom.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: login via modem problems
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:37:36 -0500
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References: <01bb9974$0acbb900$0ab98fc2@craig.nettec.co.uk> <50lv70$php@uriah.heep.sax.de> <01bb9b54$6f827780$0ab98fc2@craig.nettec.co.uk> <518kkv$641@info.forthnet.gr>
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Petros Marinopoulos wrote:
> 
> In article <01bb9b54$6f827780$0ab98fc2@craig.nettec.co.uk>, "Craig Stratton" <craig@nettec.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote in article
> ><50lv70$php@uriah.heep.sax.de>...
> >> "Craig Stratton" <craig@nettec.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> > i am having a problem with connecting to my FreeBSD server with a
> >modem.
> >> > I have a std.9600 getty running on com1.
> >> > The port is asserting DTR as the modem answers when called.
> >> > Once the modems connect, that's it, I get no login banner.
> 
> Try using a "getty Pc" instead of "getty std.9600" on com1 port. It worked for
> me on a similar case (garbage after connection - no login prompt).
> 

Do you have the /etc/gettytab entry for pc?  I did not see one in my
gettytab

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Patrick Sonnek - VTAM/NCP Systems Programmer
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