First, make sure the phone line is in the right port 8-) ! (OK, if the modem
answers the phone, it's correct. But that was MY problem...)
I'd check /usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/mgetty.conf. Also, on
a Redhat machine, the conf files are in /etc/mgetty+sendfax/
Do you have access to the Linux box when you dial in? If so, as soon as the
modem answers, do a ps -ax and see if there's a login process happening on
ttyS1.
You might also want to specify the speed for computer<->modem
communications ( -s 57600 ).
Mine worked without anything in login.conf - maybe you should try removing
it altogether, and let mgetty use defaults.
On 24-Feb-99 Juergen Fiedler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to enable other computers to my machine. To this end, I first
> installed mgetty and added the following line to /etc/inittab:
>
> S1:2345:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty ttyS1 -D /dev/ttyS1 -x 9
>
> According to the Linux Dialin Server Setup Guide, that should at least
> enable a simple SLIP connection to my machine.
>
> /usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config
contains only one line:
>
> * - - /bin/login @
>
> That should allow everybody to log in, right?
>
> What happens if I try to connect with HyperTerminal from a Win95 machine
> is this: The Linux machine actually answers the call, but no real
> connection is established. Both modems go real frantic and continue to
> screech for a while: HyperTerminal eventually times out, but the Linux
> machine continues to make those noises until I reset the modem manually.
>
> Is there anything else I have to do? Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> Juergen
>
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