Re: Can't getty on ttyS1

1996-10-06 Thread Kevin Traas
On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, Bill Roman wrote: > > I've tried enabling the port by adding the proper entry to inittab > > (working from memory at the moment) as follows: > > > > S1:234:respawn:/etc/getty ttyS1 DT9600 vt100 > > Note that executables have been banished from /etc by FSSTND for a > long tim

Re: Can't getty on ttyS1

1996-10-06 Thread Rick Macdonald
> > I've tried enabling the port by adding the proper entry to inittab > > (working from memory at the moment) as follows: > > > > S1:234:respawn:/etc/getty ttyS1 DT9600 vt100 > > long time. Try /sbin/getty, and you may get sufficient functionality > without having to install mgetty. Most eve

Re: Can't getty on ttyS1

1996-10-06 Thread Bill Roman
Kevin Traas wrote: > > I've tried enabling the port by adding the proper entry to inittab > (working from memory at the moment) as follows: > > S1:234:respawn:/etc/getty ttyS1 DT9600 vt100 Note that executables have been banished from /etc by FSSTND for a long time. Try /sbin/getty, and you ma

Re: Can't getty on ttyS1

1996-10-06 Thread Kevin Traas
On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, Karl Ferguson wrote: > >BTW, how do you pronounce Debian? Deb-E-an or Deb-I-an? > > Debian was named around Debra and Ian Murdock (Ian being the founder). > Hence I can only pronounce it "Deb-e-an" - I've heard lots of people > pronounce it "Dee-bee-an" which makes my hair on

Re: Can't getty on ttyS1

1996-10-05 Thread Karl Ferguson
At 07:59 AM 10/4/96 -0800, you wrote: >BTW, how do you pronounce Debian? Deb-E-an or Deb-I-an? Debian was named around Debra and Ian Murdock (Ian being the founder). Hence I can only pronounce it "Deb-e-an" - I've heard lots of people pronounce it "Dee-bee-an" which makes my hair on the back of m

Can't getty on ttyS1

1996-10-05 Thread Kevin Traas
I'm having a problem trying to start getty on a serial port and am hoping someone can give me some suggestions. I'm new to Debian (and Linux in general) although have a few years experience administrating SCO Unix. BTW, how do you pronounce Debian? Deb-E-an or Deb-I-an? Anyway, back on subje