I would like to run getty so that a I can use terminals to connect to my
Linux box over a NULL MODEM. However, I would like to do so in such a way
that the line is not tied up for out-going use while getty there is no
in-coming use. I currently have my inittab set up as follows:
S1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS1 DT19200 vt100
Here is the cooresponding gettydefs file entry:
DT19200# B19200 CS8 CLOCAL # B19200 SANE -ISTRIP CLOCAL #@S login:
#DT19200
With this setup, running minicom using /dev/ttyS1 exits with the following
error message (while getty is running):
minicom: cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Device or resource busy
All the documentation I have found says that opening /dev/tty* blocks
until the carrier detect line goes active. Given this information, I do
not understand why minicom fails on ttyS1. I do not want to comment out
an entry in inittab and run `init q` everytime I have to use the port for
out-going use! Does anyone know how I could configure getty to do what I
want? Thanks!
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