Re: flexfax: getty questions

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>]

On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 12:57:50PM -0400, Dave Wreski wrote:
> I think the problem is actually getty itself, unless I don't understand
> something.  It appears a special version of getty is required that can
> work with serial ports, and not just for terminals.

Getty_ps ought to work fine as a handoff recipient fr mfaxgetty.  The
Getty_args are the ones that faxgetty _gives_ to getty_ps, to tell it
not to bother _answering_ the modem.

> > >If I have faxgetty in inittab, why is another getty necessary?
> > 
> > Not in the inittab, it definitely isn't.
> 
> Hmm... Not sure I understand.  Do you mean I shouldn't have faxgetty set
> up in inittab?

No; he's saying that if you have getty_ps in there _too_, you'll have
problems.

Cheers,
-- jra
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