Redhat Linux 8.0 and getting modem to answer

[Moss, Jon]

Thank you very much!  I was trying to be patient.  :)

I installed mgetty yesterday at work and found a couple of how-to's via
Google.  Late in the day yesterday I modified my inittab and rebooted.
However, I was getting errors (and repeated errors from the respawning) so I
edited inittab to comment out mgetty and rebooted again.  I didn't have time
to review the errors further but will do so later this morning.

I've read through some of the man pages on mgetty and pppd and several
how-to's, but will do some more reading.

What version of mgetty are you using?  Do you know which one works best or
better with Redhat 8.0?

Thanks for the offer of assistance.  I'll try to muddle through this without
bothering too much!

Thanks!

Jon Moss

-----Original Message-----
From: Uncle Jim [mailto:jim at jimani.com]
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:51 AM
To: Moss, Jon
Cc: 'kclug at kclug.org'
Subject: Re: Redhat Linux 8.0 and getting modem to answer

Hi,

On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 06:19:14PM -0600, Moss, Jon wrote:
>
> Okay, I'm starting to become paranoid.  This is the second message in the
> last month to which I have received no reply whatsoever.  I double-checked
> the archive before sending this e-mail to make sure it was received and
> assumedly sent to the group.
>
> Have I done or said something to offend everyone on this list?

Be patient.  I was busy today.

Use mgetty.  I have used it for several years and am quite happy with it.
I haven't tried it with RedHat 8.0 but have used it with RH-5.x, RH-6.x,
and RH-7.x.  It is really a nice package.  It doesn't lock your modem up.
You can still make outbound PPP connections and even receive voice calls
without interference.

If you don't want to spend a lot of time with the man pages I can help you
set it up.
--
Jim