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Date:      Thu, 31 Aug 1995 07:39:38 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Gritching about XFree86 and serial port naming
Message-ID:  <199508310539.HAA06543@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199508310204.IAA11272@hq.icb.chel.su> from "Serge A. Babkin" at Aug 31, 95 08:04:49 am

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As Serge A. Babkin wrote:
> 
> Logging on cuaXX may be useful when connecting a local terminal by a cable
> with broken null-modem connection (many of them contain no wire from DTR
> to DCD). 

This is not the intented way.  The intented way is using ttyd0 and
setting it to CLOCAL (i.e., no modem control, thus no carrier detect).
Since our getty is very old, you cannot define this in gettydefs, but
you can use the lock-style devices and /etc/rc.serial.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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