Re: Mgetty/Getty_ps dial in Woes

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From: Klaus Lichtenwalder
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 09:14

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hartr@hedunx.hedland.edu.au (Robert Hart) writes:

>Hi

>I am trying to set up dial-in to my linux box. I tried mgetty first as
>it has some nice features, but i kept getting messages about "mgetty
>respawning to fast, disabled for 5 minutes".

>Does anyone have any ideas about either the mgetty or the
>getty_ps/uugetty problems I am having?

[mgetty] Set the debug level to something like 6 (-x 6) and have a look
at the logfile (/tmp/log_mg.tty<xx>, if not modified in policy.h).
If you can't see what's happening, let us know.

And, show us the line in your inittab

Klaus

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From: klaus@gaston.m.isar.de (Klaus Lichtenwalder)
Subject: Re: Mgetty/Getty_ps dial in Woes
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