NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/os/minix/4941

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From: [e-mail] (James Abendschan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: modem control
Date: 18 Dec 1992 04:47:45 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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Hock,


I remember having that problem a loong time ago, but [naturally] I can't
remember how I fixed it.  I seem to recall trying to use the "modem"
program to enable & disable the getty process, but it invariably
screwed things up [ie: it wouldn't re-enable, I got the same "empty
process-name" thing out of ps, etc.]

Once you've got the modem and such all hooked up, try killing the INIT
process and then killing the getty process; it should restart ok
and you should be able to log-in remotely.  I should add that it
helps immeasurably if you have another computer or dumb terminal
you can hook up to and test it from, rather than having do dial
in to your own fone [or, worse yet, having to bother a friend to
dial in and tell you what he sees.]

SO: kill -1 1, then kill the getty process, and then try logging in.

You might also want to put in your ttys file "202" [0 for the baud
rate] - I find that getty doesn't always "like" to set the baud
to what you want it to be!

Hope that helped..

<still looking for Appletalk.s!  Where are you?  Come home!  All is forgiven!>

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James W. Abendschan   <[e-mail]>            Kallisti
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