From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 15 18:59:23 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA06379 for current-outgoing; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 18:59:23 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA06360 ; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 18:59:17 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id CAA06930; Thu, 16 Nov 1995 02:52:59 GMT From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199511160252.CAA06930@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: startslip To: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 02:52:59 +0000 () Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG, jhs@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199511160129.SAA07869@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Nov 15, 95 06:29:20 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 877 Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Nate Williams stands accused of saying: > I *think* I might have a clue why it works for me and doesn't work other > folks. I didn't get it work until I setup a getty on my new box running > on ttydX, where X is the same port (cuaaX) I was trying to use startslip > on. Why it works that way I don't know, but having the getty running is > a nice backup solution. If/when slattach dies on my box, I can dial in > remotely and start it backup. :) I never run gettys on my serial ports. > Nate -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[