I did that, sorry for not mentioning it, infact when i enabled the port is when the modem started to autoanswer otherwise it does not autoanswer at all
----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Kay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "none" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Dialin problem On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 23:39, none wrote: > Hi, if anyone has done dial-in service before > i am having is that my modem does pick up the phone when i dial in, and the > two modems establish a connection, but the OS does not do anything there is > no login prompt, i was able to send data directly to the port and see it on > the other computer with command: echo "Hello" > /dec/cuaa0, Also i read > that if getty completes the open port process then it changes from ?? in > the PS screen to something it does not, so i am assuming that getty doesn't > realize that the connection has been established, any ideas? > Apart from setting your modem to answer incoming calls have you enabled the port for login in /etc/ttys. If you are on the first serial port you must change the ttyd0 line from 'off' to 'on' and possibly choose a different getty argument. A predefined set of modem interface parameters is available in /etc/gettytab. Malcolm _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
