Re: why not mingetty??
On Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 12:17:25PM +0200, Rainer Clasen wrote:
> Hamish Moffatt (hamish@debian.org):
> > Is agetty used much for serial? I always use mgetty here, although usually
> > because I want something more exotic like AutoPPP or fax reception.
>
[...]
> I don't like the idea to switch to a getty without serial support. Maybe
> we'll once enhance our setup to run over a serial line (as it's possible
> with FreeBSD).
There's no reason why agetty should disappear because mingetty
is the default -- you can mix and match as you need. I use mingetty
for virtual consoles (especially on low memory machines) and
mgetty for modems.
Hamish
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