mgetty thinks my modem is a fax

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In article <377A014C.2BDB8D67@kruger.dk>,
  "Peter Lindstrøm" <pel@kruger.dk> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sometimes when mgetty recieves a call from a modem it thinks it is a
fax
> machine and the negosiation fails. At other times the negosiation
works
> fine and I get the login promt.
> Atleast that is what I think is happening.
>
> Is there any way to disable the fax capabilities totally ?
>
> Peter Lindstrøm
> pel@kruger.dk
>

In /etc/inittab:

S2:234:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D

-D says "data only", i.e ignore faxes.

regards,
-john


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