Pls help me going through the mgetty's config files..

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Hi,

On Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 11:03:54PM +0200, Marc Corel wrote:
> ->In /etc/inittab:
> m1:3:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 /dev/ttyS3 (my Modem line attached to

Why all those options? Just remove -x2 here (because it will override
the "debug 4" statement in mgetty.config), and the -D isn't necessary
either.

> #init-chat "" \d\d\d +++\d\d..etc..(never mind,
> my modem is on ttyS3..so I just ignore this)
> 
> port ttyS3 (here I took out the "#" symbol cause
>      my modem is on ttyS3..please, I guess that instead of following
>      activated options , there are other things to add in my case..)
> 
> direct y (should I put "data-only y" ..instead??)

direct is for *direct* lines, not for modems.

> speed 19200 ( my modem is a 33.6kbpsCommunicator modem with a Cirrus
> Logic
>       chip, so I should change speed for 38400).

Using 19200 for a modem that can go a lot faster on the wire doesn't sound
very useful to me.  Use 38400 or 57600.

> ->In /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config:

Don't edit that file at all before you have understood what you are doing.
For normal dial-in, you don't need to change anything.

In general: DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING in mgetty's configuration unless you're
sure you know what you are doing AND the default doesn't work.  Usually
mgetty's defaults are perfectly fine for ordinary dial-in purposes.

> #Automatically telnetting to my machine (my machine's name is "Skip")
> #So to allow arobas to telnet easily to my machine, are the following
> ok??

No.

> ->->In /etc/mgetty+sendfax/dialin.config:
> # List of my friends data lines:
> 555-5555(phone line of user arobas)

Also, dont' mess with "dialin.config" before the basic stuff works.  Start
with easy things, and then go to complicated stuff later.

> Question: With all these files setted the way the're actually, is every
> thing
> ok to have arobas dial in?? 

Nothing will work at all.  Go back to the default files, and try with
them, setting ONLY one thing: "debug 6".  If it doesn't work, look at the
log file, and then change only ONE thing at a time, to fix ONE problem at
a time.

[..]
> I ve read /usr/doc/mgetty-1.1.9/readMe and FAQ, 

That's just basic stuff.    The real documentation is in
http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/, and it is much more than just a ReadMe.

[..]
> But as you 've seen, it doesnt say in what directory to go and run make,
> make install.

This is only relevant if you build from source.

gert
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