Re: Serial Line Woe's

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From: Darren Gilchrist
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 08:46

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In <1vrhrm$i69@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> gjw@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Greg Wickham) writes:

>Hi all,

>I've got problems trying login from a hard wired terminal.

>The getty runs properly and presents the login message.
>I can enter an account name. The getty then execs 'login xxxx'.

>Problems occur.

>If I try to login using an account name that requires a password
>then the above activity occurs after the line "Password:".
>If I try to login using an account that does not require a password
>then the above acivity occurs at the shell prompt.

>I think it has something to do with line discipline. I've read the
>FAQ and the closest I can find mentions using 'CLOCAL'. Tried and failed.

Umm, make sure the NULL modem cable *is* a NULL modem cable (with DCD/DTE lines
correctly setup) not just Tx/Rx flipped :-)

Sorry, I haven't got the pinouts on me - but you should find them in any good
comms book

Regs,
Darren...

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