Re: mgetty & ppp
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Kevin Traas wrote:
> > I have a problem with mgetty. I have put an entry in /etc/inittab to
> start
> > mgetty. However, when I start the ppp process, it complains that kernel
> > lacks PPP support which is wrong. I look at the log messages and it saids
> > the device is busy.
> > However, if I start mgetty by hand, I can start ppp without any problems.
>
> I'm not sure what you are doing here. Are you trying to enable incoming
> PPP connections using mgetty? Are you trying to enable mgetty for incoming
> connections and then use PPP for outgoing to ISP? (i.e. use same port for
> incoming and outgoing comms.)
>
> How were you starting mgetty by hand? Same for ppp.
>
What I am saying is that after I start mgetty for /dev/ttyS1, I cannot
access /dev/ttyS1 (like dailing to my isp using chat) anymore which is not
what the manual of mgetty suggests.
Anthony
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