From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 3 02:59:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA21397 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 02:59:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (root@brosenga.Pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA21391 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 02:59:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA12097; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 02:59:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 02:59:19 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre To: steve howe cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bugs? In-Reply-To: <199703031006.CAA16638@f30.hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk You don't need to reboot your machine to get init to reread /etc/ttys. Just run # kill -HUP 1 and it will snarf the new configuration. On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, steve howe wrote: > concerning 2.1.5 ... > this used to work - but doesn't now - and i can't figure out why not! > a) i make a .profile alias such as a="cd /" for example. > if i type "alias" it shows up. if i enter "a", i get "a: command > not found". if i change alias "a" to any other letter - the alias works! > b) i use "cu" to dial up a vt100 connection. for a long time i > couldn't figure out how to set vt100 emulation up with "cu". > (i don't see how "tip" is any better and don't find "cu" as bad as > people say!). anyway - my connection to this vt100 terminal would > always close because it would not detect vt100 on my end. the only > way i could "trick" my set-up was to enter: > modem none network vt100 on > in my ttys file. i'm sure this is a terrible hack - and i always > have to re-boot my machine if i call non-vt100 BBSs before i dialup > the vt100 terminal again. any suggestions other than other software? > btw - i'm VERY impressed with alot of the stuff coming out of > Holland! very CLEAN code and super performance! such as XS-HTTP > www server and zmrx-zmtx (hehe - the docs on the zm code are so > funny the code is worth downloading for that reason alone! hehe!) > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."