From: Martin White (martin@pandora.demon.co.uk)
Date: 02/21/93


From: martin@pandora.demon.co.uk (Martin White)
Subject: Re: Trouble with serial and 0.99-Pl5
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1993 18:24:16 +0000

jmp@login.qc.ca (Jean Marc Pigeon) writes:
: I need help to use 0.99-Pl5 and getty!

[stuff deleted]

: My implementation is not working, as soon I activate
: '/etc/getty' in '/etc/inittab' the line start to be crazy
: by "speaking" with the modem (at the command mode level),

Have you turned echo off on your modem by sending it

    ATE0Q1

If you haven't, then linux will output a logon prompt, which the modem
echos back, so Linux thinks it has a password and an invalid login attempt.
Linux will sit in a nice little loop chatting to the modem like this, but
eventually gives up.

Martin

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