login prompt problem for windows users.

[Chuck Peters <debian@tuxedo.org>]

I sent the following to Equinox tech support, but I was hoping a kind
Debian guru can tell me what the problem is.

We are using Debian Linux with an Equinox SST box to offer some users free
PPP dialup. Most everything appears to be working fine except that Windows
users are not automatically logging in.  The Windows users should just be
able to enter the phone number, username and password. But for some reason
they are not logging in.  I had one of the users test it with bring up a
terminal window after dialing and he is able to login and initiate ppp
without problems, but we need the process to work the way it should.  The
login prompt is not being displayed until after one hits the enter key
once.

Mark, a windows user, has been dialing in on Q07, in inittab it has 

Q07:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D -s 115200 -m '"" ATZ OK"' ttyQ1a7

I also asked Mark to dial in with HyperTerminal to confirm that the login
prompt was not appearing until he pressed enter, and he confirmed that is 
the case.

The following may not be helpful, but maybe it is. 
 
dialup prompt
news!login:

telnet prompt
news login: 


Part of /etc/mgetty/login.config 

# This is the "standard" behaviour - *dont* set a userid or utmp
#  entry here, otherwise /bin/login will fail!
#  This entry isn't really necessary: if it's missing, the built-in
#  default will do exactly this.
#
*       -       -       /bin/login @


The following are some mgetty enties of failed logins, and successful
logins using the manual bring up the termal window.
 
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03/04 15:41:01 1a7  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.18-Sep11
03/04 15:41:01 1a7  check for lockfiles
03/04 15:41:01 1a7  locking the line
03/04 15:41:02 1a7  lowering DTR to reset Modem
03/04 15:41:02 1a7  send: ATZ[0d]
03/04 15:41:02 1a7  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
03/04 15:41:03 1a7  waiting...
03/04 15:46:33 1a7  wfr: waiting for ``RING''
03/04 15:46:33 1a7  send: ATA[0d]
03/04 15:46:33 1a7  waiting for ``CONNECT'' ** found **
03/04 15:46:53 1a7  send: 
03/04 15:46:53 1a7  waiting for ``_'' ** found **
03/04 15:46:55 ##### data dev=ttyQ1a7, pid=12205, caller='none',
conn='115200', 
name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', user='/AutoPPP/'

--
03/04 15:50:01 1a7  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.18-Sep11
03/04 15:50:01 1a7  check for lockfiles
03/04 15:50:01 1a7  locking the line
03/04 15:50:02 1a7  lowering DTR to reset Modem
03/04 15:50:02 1a7  send: ATZ[0d]
03/04 15:50:02 1a7  waiting for ``OK''
03/04 15:50:02 1a7  found action string: ``NO CARRIER''
03/04 15:50:02 1a7  init chat failed, exiting...: Invalid argument
03/04 15:50:02 ##### failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyQ1a7, pid=12225

--
03/04 15:50:03 1a7  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.18-Sep11
03/04 15:50:03 1a7  check for lockfiles
03/04 15:50:03 1a7  locking the line
03/04 15:50:03 1a7  lowering DTR to reset Modem
03/04 15:50:04 1a7  send: ATZ[0d]
03/04 15:50:04 1a7  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
03/04 15:50:04 1a7  waiting...
03/04 16:17:17 1a7  wfr: waiting for ``RING''
03/04 16:17:17 1a7  send: ATA[0d]
03/04 16:17:17 1a7  waiting for ``CONNECT'' ** found **
03/04 16:17:37 1a7  send: 
03/04 16:17:37 1a7  waiting for ``_'' ** found **
03/04 16:17:53 ##### data dev=ttyQ1a7, pid=12226, caller='none',
conn='115200', 
name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='marksamm'

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Thanks,
Chuck