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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!darwin.sura.net!dtix!mimsy!nocusuhs!nmrdc1!rdc30 From: rdc30@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (LCDR Michael E. Dobson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 8 bit garbage Keywords: stty getty login init 386BSD Message-ID: <1992Jul15.125303.17104@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> Date: 15 Jul 92 12:53:03 GMT References: <1992Jul14.154046.6343@Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command Lines: 29 In article <1992Jul14.154046.6343@Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de writes: > >Can anyone help with this: I'm running 386BSD in multiuser mode. >On the console screen I'm getting these 8 bit graphics charcaters >(IBM character set) when the system prompts for login: > >This goes away right after I logged in. How can I beautify this a bit? >Where is the point where the console tty setting before login is influenced ? > >Isn't it the line in /etc/ttys? What other getty defs are possible and where do I find them? > This is definitly one for the FAQ list when it comes out. In /etc/ttys, change the console line to: console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" unknown on secure and in gettytabs ( the place various tty options live) make sure the Pc entry is: P|Pc|Pc Console:\ :np:ap:sp#9600 The man page for gettytab describes the options for these entries. -- LCDR Mike Dobson, Sys Admin for | Internet: rdc30@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil | UUCP: ...uunet!mimsy!nmrdc1!rdc30 AT&T 3B2/600G Sys V R 3.2.3 | BITNET: dobson@usuhsb or nrd0mxd@vmnmdsc WIN/TCP for 3B2 R3.2 | MCI-Mail: 377-2719 or 0003772719@mcimail.com