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From: mw@theatre.pandora.sax.de (Martin Welk)
Subject: Re: Terminals on ttyd1
Organization: Private Site, Member of Individual Network e. V.
Message-ID: <DDC3FF.95o@theatre.pandora.sax.de>
References: <40ohn0$6mi@allnews.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 04:06:50 GMT
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In article <40ohn0$6mi@allnews.infi.net>,
Ryan Groth <snakec@news.infi.net> wrote:
>I can not get getty to do it's work on ttyd1 (or any other serial terminal)
>it reports no error and tdoes not show up in the process list. Is there
>anything I need to do other then changing he 'no' to a yes' in the /etc/ttys
>file.
Yes: you have to tell the init daemon that it should re-read it's
config files. init is also responsible for spawning (and respawning)
the getty processes on your ttys. Try `kill -HUP 1' and check it
with `ps -ax | grep getty' afterwards to see if the getty processes
appear. You may also reboot your system but as you're trying to run
some Un*x style operating system you should know that it is not
necessary to do that just because of some configuration file change.
And - it isn't just 'yes' or 'no' in /etc/ttys, it has something to
do with 'on' and 'off'. Here's an example coming from my /etc/ttys file:
console none unknown off secure
#
ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pcvt25 on secure
# Virtual terminals
ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pcvt25 on secure
ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pcvt25 on secure
ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pcvt25 on secure
ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pcvt25 off secure
ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pcvt25 off secure
ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pcvt25 off secure
ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pcvt25 off secure
# Serial terminals
ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off secure
ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" unknown on insecure
ttyd2 "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400" unknown off insecure
ttyd3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200" vt100 on secure
I don't want to RTFM you, but try `man ttys', this should also
give you some useful information.
Bye,
Martin
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