pppd and mgetty as opposed to uucp

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Hi,

On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 09:10:36PM +0000, Wlmet wrote:
> I was using Slackware linux and uucp to connect to computers over the phone
> line.  To start a ppp connection with uucp, I would log into the remote
> computer using minicom, type pppd, quit without reset, type pppd and I would
> have a ppp connection.  This does not seem to work with mgetty.  Does anyone
> know why?

Might be a device locking issue, but your question is much to vague to
give a precise answer.

I'd do connection setup with "pppd connect 'chat ...' lock" anyway.

gert

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