Re: [MiNT] getty problems

[Guido Flohr <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de>]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 07:14:52PM -0700, Brent wrote:
> Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> 
> > Hello!
> >
> > It seems that getty ignores the speed arguments passed to it.
> >
> > ttyS0 "/sbin/getty std.19200" dialup on    # /dev/modem1
> >
> > This should set ttyS0 to 19200 bauds, but it apparently fails, as
> > "stty" confirms the port is at 9600.
> >
> > Has anyone got a solution to this?
> >
> > Additionally, even if I set my terminal to 9600, login dies with
> > a bus error after I input the username.  It doesn't even go as
> > far as password.
> >
> > PS:  this is the MiNTOS getty.
> >
> >
> 
> I had this problem. I seem to remember some hard coding of 9600 baud. I
> can't remember if it was in the getty

It is in getty (subr.c).  The highest supported speed is 9600 (see
function autobaud at the end of the file).

Sorry, you have to recompile or binary patch it.

I think Marc-Anton Kehr has done a port of mgetty (on Sparemint). Maybe
you can try this instead.

Ciao

Guido
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