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Conference smurf::dec_mls_plus

Title:dec_mls_plus
Moderator:SMURF::BAT
Created:Mon Nov 29 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:534
Total number of notes:2544

442.0. "how to configure terminal in local terminal port" by SMURF::BAT (Segui la tua beatitudine) Thu Jan 30 1997 18:02

Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:42:10 -0700
From: Tammy Sandefur <[email protected]>
Organization: Digital MCSn
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Subject: RE: Info needed
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:30:16 -0800
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Tammy,

Having a HELL of a time getting the Mustang (v3.1a) to talk to tty00. 
 I have a vt220 I need to get configured just like we did on the 
Ultrix box a few weeks ago and I cannot get it working.

There is no /etc/ttys in v3.1a like in 2.1.  I configured 
/etc/securettys to include /dev/tty00
added entry to ISS0 -> devices but cannot get the VT to give me a log 
on.

HHHHHEEEEELLLLLPPPPP

I will be at my office from 06:30 to 09:00 am tommorrow but will be at 
the base (laura's number) after that.

Regards,

J.R.
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442.1How to set up a local terminal on a MustangSMURF::BATSegui la tua beatitudineThu Jan 30 1997 18:1669
	Lee showed me his Mustang and how he had it set up:

    1.	Looking on the back of the box, there are two terminal
	ports.  They have funny 9-pin male EIA connectors, into
	which he has plugged a little rectangular plug that has
	a 9-pin female EIA connector on one end and a DECconnect
	6-pin "telephone type" jack on the other.  Into the 
	telephone jack he has plugged a null-modem DECconnect
	cable, and that is plugged into the back of a VT320
	terminal, whose comm port is set up at 9600 baud, 8 bits
	no parity.

    2.	(Optional:) He showed how you test local loopback in his 
	config, in which he has installed the kdebug subset:
	(Note this is not a headless workstation).

	On the Mustang console monitor, log in as root, and type
	at the prompt:

	# tip kdebug
	connected

	If you type on the VT320 it displays on the above window.
	If you type on the Mustang keyboard with the pointer in
	the window, it displays on the VT320.

	By default in /etc/remote an entry has been created for
	kdebug.

	To exit, type:

	<CR>~.

	(return tilde period)

	on the Mustang console window.  That exits tip.

   3.	Observe the file /etc/gettydefs

	It contains definitions that you can use in /etc/inittab.

   4.	In /etc/inittab, he put an entry:

	tty00:3:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty tty00 console vt100

	This says run getty on dev tty00 when you get an interrupt;
	the device setup is "console" (from /etc/gettydefs) and
	the device type is vt100 (I should think you could say
	vt300 but didn't try it).

   5.	If a getty is already running (first time you attempt setup
	there won't be one, but if you repeat this changing inittab
	or gettydefs entries, there may be one), kill it.  E.g.,

	# ps auxww | grep getty

	If that returns a /usr/sbin/getty running the line that
	is in /etc/inittab, kill -9 the PID.

   6.	Restart inittab values:

	# init q

   7.	Hit Return on the VT300 and you will see a login prompt.


	That's how it works on his Mustang.