Cyclades and Mgetty

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hi,

Ralph Whittaker wrote:
> A modem rings then is answered.  Mgetty presents the login prompt.
> The user enters their name then mgetty starts to pass the name to the login
> program.  The login program presents the user with the password prompt.
> Then that modem port seems to freeze?  Sort of like the modem just hung up?

Sounds like "DCD is low".  Please try with "ignore-carrier true" in
mgetty.config -- if that helps, check your modem setup and cabling,
because "ignore-carrier true" is a BAD workaround - it will lead to shells
not terminating when the user's modem connection breaks.

Unfortunately, you didn't include a mgetty log file, which might have
shown enough details to nail down your problem right away.  (But users
never do, I start getting used to it).

gert
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