From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 30 01:52:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA12072 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 01:52:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from prometheus.smlt.com (prometheus.smlt.com [195.172.80.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA12063 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 01:52:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from quintin@smlt.com) Received: from orion.smlt.com (orion.smlt.com [195.172.80.149]) by prometheus.smlt.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA12181; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:53:09 GMT Received: from localhost (quintin@localhost) by orion.smlt.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA04418; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:23:01 GMT Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:23:01 +0000 (GMT) From: Quintin Oliver To: Neil Bradley cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mgetty problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, It appears to be the reverse for me, I can get Mgetty to work fine, but the standard getty doesn't ;-) I found it best to first call Mgetty at the prompt, this will allow you to check your syntax, and to see if it can communicate with your modem: mgetty -p "Login Name: " -n 1 -s 38400 -i /etc/motd -m '"" ATZ OK' /dev/cuaa0 If all works ok, then the modem should be already to answer the call, mgetty won't give you access back yo shell unless you do a "Ctrl-C" or wait for it to answer the phone. HTH, Quintin. On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Neil Bradley wrote: > I'm using FreeBSD 2.2.7 and am trying to get mgetty to work at all. The > standard getty's work just fine (I can dial in on the line with absolutely > no trouble). Mgetty won't generate a log file or even raise DTR so that > the modem will answer the phone. > > Any pointers to what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! > > -->Neil > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Neil Bradley Synthcom home : http://www.synthcom.com > Synthcom Systems, Inc. "Lettuce and mayonnaise rocks!" - KCF Shredders > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message