vgetty inittab entry

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Hi,

T. HEDGE wrote:
> >  I have spent a great deal of time searching for and trying to
> > get vgetty properly with my Sportster 33.6 VI modem. It is not the
> > voice model. 

If it is "not the voice model", why do you use vgetty? Vgetty is *only*
for voice modems. Use mgetty for others.

> > The documentation tells me that it uses the same
> > parameters as mgetty for initialization yet regardless of string
> > entered it has problems. 

So how does the /etc/inittab line look like? What does it write to the
log file?

> > primarily locking up a vt and respawning
> > too fast. Could someone please point me toward additional documentation
> > and/or provide me with a proper initialization string keeping in
> > mind that I intend to use this daemon to monitor incoming calls and
> > switching to either fax:data if necessary. 

Use mgetty, not vgetty for that. *V*getty is for *V*oice modems.

> > Finally, Is it possible to
> > still take advantage of the dialin/dialout features of mgetty when
> > using vgetty to control the serial device. Thanks in advance.:)

Sure.

gert
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