From: gleasokr@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Kris Gleason) Subject: Re: Trying to kill getty so I can dial out on ttys2; help Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 06:30:45 GMT
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@athena.mit.edu> writes:
> From: jmorriso@rflab.ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
> Date: 12 Apr 1993 23:31:52 GMT
> >for logins. I want to be able to kill getty and just talk directly to the
> >modem with the at commands; I tried killing getty after getting its pid,
> >but every time I kill it (even as root with kill -9), it comes back under
> >a different pid! How do I remedy this situation? (Now I just edit out
> >the getty in the /etc/inittab file and then sync and reboot...there's got
> >to be a better way?)
> I thought the /dev/cua?? devices were supposed to work for dialout.
> they dont work properly though. typically a getty is running, say on ttyS0,
> and you should be able to start kermit with /dev/cua0, and the getty
> shouldnt hog the line if it's just waiting.
>If the getty hogs the line, then you won't be able to open the
>/dev/cua?? devices. This is NOT a bug with the /dev/cua?? devices, but
>a problem with your getty program. Get the latest, fixed getty, and
>this problem goes away..... getty_ps2.0.6b.tar.z in
>/pub/linux/sources/sbin on tsx-11.mit.edu.
Actually... wait about two days for the latest, fixed getty, getty_ps2.0.7.
I am putting the finishing touches on this package right now, and the
new release will fix a bug that will otherwise cause you endless anger.
Two days... I promise.
Kris
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