Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 07:30:06 -0600 From: John Prince <johnp@lodgenet.com> To: Lee Crites <adonai@jump.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: still more digiboard and modem questions/problems... Message-ID: <199703181330.HAA28482@milo.lodgenet.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Mar 1997 01:31:33 CST." <1.5.4.32.19970318073133.0069556c@jump.net>
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Lee Crites writes: > I have come to the conclusion that using a digiboard was not my best move. I Agree... > ALL of them used to say uucp:dialer. What changes them is a mystery to me. > I know that from time to time I have to chmod rw-rw-rw- to make them usable. > But why they change in the first place is beyond me. I can say that if > cu/tip don't exit properly (using ^c insteaf of using ~.), then the perms > will be set to 600:root:wheel, but other than that, I'm in the dark... Add yourself and/or all users the need to access the tty to the group dialer.. > * I added these records to /etc/ttys: > ttyD00 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup on insecure > ttyD01 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup on insecure > ttyD02 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup on insecure > ttyD03 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup on insecure > ttyD04 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup off insecure > ttyD05 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup off insecure > ttyD06 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup off insecure > ttyD07 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup off insecure > #cuaD00 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup on insecure > cuaD01 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup on insecure > cuaD02 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup on insecure > cuaD03 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup on insecure > cuaD04 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup off insecure > cuaD05 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup off insecure > cuaD06 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup off insecure > cuaD07 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" dialup off insecure > cuaD00 "/usr/local/sbin/mgetty" dialup on insecure It not a good idea to enable both Dialout and Dialin, probably part of your problem. Set the correct device here (ttyD). > I got a suggestion to use mgetty instead of getty, so I compiled and > installed it from the ports area. As you can see, I'm testing one of both > (cuaD00 as mgetty and cuaD01 as getty). I Agree.. Try using Mgetty. > [side question: Isn't there a way to export the stty settings from one port > and add them to another? I remember doing something like this long ago but > don't remember how it was done. I tried "stty -g -f /dev/cuaD01 < > /dev/cuaD00", but it didn't seem to work the way I thought it should...] A better way is to use rc.serial.. Have you initialized your ttys?? (look at /etc/rc.serial, uncomment the line under Digiboard.. Good Luck John -- John Prince <johnp@lodgenet.com> <jprince@iw.net>
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