mgetty or pppd problem?

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Nate Amsden <nate.amsden@tsswitness.com> wrote:
> 01/13 10:56:39 yS1   calling login: cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', argv[]='pppd
> auth login debug crtscts modem ms-dns 208.222.179.31 lock'

right, it has modem option

> mgetty doesn't reset the modem until i kill pppd manually at this
> point.  is there a limit on the

mgetty won't do anything until it is restarted by init. init won't restart
it until the last child on this tty dies: in that case pppd. What you want
to check is why pppd is not killed by a SIGHUP. Most likely you do not have
the DCD line wired correctly (serial cable), or your modem is not properly
configured to drop DCD on carrier loss situation.

Try a normal (shell) login on this tty and disconnect the modem line
plug. The shell should be terminated and mgetty restarted. If not,
it's the same problem again.