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From: unger@raindrop.seaslug.org (Thomas Unger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why can't I get a login on ttyd0?
Date: 24 Jun 1997 15:32:30 GMT
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.
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In article <5ojthg$c3h@news.ox.ac.uk>,
Neil Long <neil.long@materials.oxford.ac.uk> writes:
>
> Hi
> I am failing to get a 'login' prompt on a PC running 2.2.2 and I can't
> figure out what I have missed.
>
> It has ttyd0 set 'on' in ttys, and gettytab is fine and getty is running
> on the port (si0, com1,ttyd0 are all fine).
For what it is worth, it worked for me. I set up the serial line and
verified it with terminal emulation talking back and forth. Then I set
ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200" unknown on
in /etc/ttys, send SIGHUP to init, and the login prompt appears.
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