home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!mips!odin!sgi.com!scotth
- From: scotth@hoshi.corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry)
- Subject: Re: question regarding uucp/(dialout/dialin modems) on SGI's
- In-Reply-To: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com's message of Fri, 31 Jul 1992 04: 10:13 GMT
- Message-ID: <SCOTTH.92Jul31131750@hoshi.corp.sgi.com>
- Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: hoshi.corp.sgi.com
- Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc, Mountain View, CA
- References: <26028@life.ai.mit.edu> <SCOTTH.92Jul30162018@hoshi.corp.sgi.com>
- <nvgej64@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:17:50 GMT
- Lines: 35
-
-
- >>>>> In article <nvgej64@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>, vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) writes:
-
- vjs> In article <SCOTTH.92Jul30162018@hoshi.corp.sgi.com>, scotth@hoshi.corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry) writes:
- > ...
- > /usr/lib/uucp/fix-telebit (and friends) does the base configuration of
- > the modem. The inittab entry I am using for UUCP and SLIP look like:
- >
- > t8:23:respawn:/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty -Nrt15 -it25in,conn ttyf8 dx_19200
- > t9:23:respawn:/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty -Nrt15 -it16in,conn ttyf9 dx_38400
-
-
- vjs> After I added the select code to uugetty, I figured "-r" was just junk
- vjs> that had to be preserved for backwards compatibility, and for
- vjs> machine-to-machine links without modems.
- vjs> Why are you using it?
-
- because "-r" used to be necessary, and I haven't removed it yet?
-
- vjs> "-t 15" is rather impatient for humans. 15 seconds is not a lot of
- vjs> thinking time, but it is probably a good idea for machine-to-machine
- vjs> links. The "conn" chatting, which looks for whatever the
- vjs> modem uses to say the link is ready, removes most needs for "-t xx".
-
- 'removes most needs for "-t xx"'. So that I don't give improper advice
- in the future, what are the other needs for "-t xx", and what would
- you recommend as a good value?
-
- vjs> Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
-
- \\scott henry <scotth@sgi.com>
- --
- Scott Henry <scotth@sgi.com> / Traveller on Dragon Wings
- Networking Services, / Help! My disclaimer is missing!
- Silicon Graphics, Inc / GIGO *really* means: Garbage in, Gospel Out
-