Re: Login from a Terminal

[Michael Beattie <mickyb@es.co.nz>]

On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, G. Crimp wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	I've a friend who just installed Debian 2.0 on a 486.  He reads
> through a talking terminal.  Under a Slackware (don't know what version) he
> used to type "agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100".  He says this doesn't work with the
> new installation.  I don't know anything about getty.  A look at the man
> page suggests that this is an appropriate command.
> 
> 	Does anyone know what he needs to do to get this to work ?
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 
> 	Gerald 


I think that should be 'getty ttyS1 9600 vt100'

To make it start on boot up, try adding the line to /etc/inittab in the
appropriate format. I have my (non-talking) terminal set up as follows in
/etc/inittab:

T1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L -w ttyS1 19200 vt220


Have a look at 'man getty' and 'man inittab' for more info.

Your friend could use:

T1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS1 9600 vt100


HTH,

                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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