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From: jan@filetek.com (Jan Morales)
Subject: Re: [NetBSD 0.9] problem with elvis (vi) on serial line
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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1993 15:34:43 GMT
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In article <MARK_WEAVER.93Dec18171936@tonto-slip9.cis.brown.edu> Mark_Weaver@brown.edu writes:
>I'm not sure why, but certain programs change the frame type of the
>data.

After digging a little more into this problem, I found that that was
indeed it.  One question that came up as I looked into the getty code
is:  Why does getty set the tty attributes to the settings in
<sys/ttydefaults.h> (TTYDEF_[IOLC]FLAG) before execing login?  Why
are the settings getty used when getting the login name *not* good
enough for login?  It's not like the equipment on the other end will
change framing between the login name and the password.

I've managed to come up with a combination of settings that work now
so this is just curiosity.

Jan
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