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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!ogicse!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!hacktic!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Getty Message-ID: <239lupINNmrl@xs4all.hacktic.nl> From: cor@hacktic.nl (Cor) Date: 30 Jul 93 03:19:39 GMT References: <CAv9tI.Eo@cyb.cojones.com> <CAvxLp.7s@veda.is> Organization: Hack-Tic, networking for the masses Article-I.D.: xs4all.239lupINNmrl NNTP-Posting-Host: xs4all.hacktic.nl Lines: 20 adam@veda.is (Adam David) writes: >loodvrij@cyb.cojones.com (Bruce 'Loodvrij' Keeler) writes: >>And getty ALWAYS prints the welcome message >>and login: with some form of parity. >I also noticed this, it is a royal pain. I've not noticed it anywhere else >than on the serial ports, but I suppose parity doesn't mean anything elsewhere. We made our system just ignore any parity. Its always 8n1, no matter what. So its impossible to go to 7 bits or whatever. I was getting sick of the stupid parity and 7/8 bit problems. cor -- | cor@hacktic.nl | Hack-Tic System Management | +31-20-6001480-3 (VMB) | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ######### Signature Virus Running. Contamination Complete ######### | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+