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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: getty on auto-answer modem Date: 12 Feb 1994 18:05:28 GMT Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 28 Message-ID: <2jj5p8$gri@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <1994Feb09.155746.46841@rchland.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <1994Feb09.155746.46841@rchland.ibm.com>, John Nistler <john_nistler@vnet.ibm.com> wrote: >Help. > >I am trying to get my FreeBSD system to receive calls, but something is not working. First of all, can you dialout using the line w/out any problems? >Before the call comes in the modems SD and RD lights are flickering. That sounds like something else is on the line doing it's thing (getty). >Then the call comes in the CD and OH lights go on but the SD and RD lights go out. At that point getty stuck up the login screen and is waiting for something to happen. Could be a flow control problem, or a simple setup problem. A unix boot would be a good thing to have in these cases. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.