Subject: Re: ttyflags(8) really unnecessary?
To: Takahiro Kambe <taca@sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/24/2000 15:39:45
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Takahiro Kambe wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> In some mail Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com> writes:
> > Now that we have dialout devices, the sticky flags set by ttyflags(1)
> > are no longer really necessary.
> Is it true?
> 
> If I have a line in /etc/tty as,
> 
> tty00	"/usr/libexec/getty ppp.115200"	unknown	off rtscts
> 
> and a line in /etc/remote:
> 
> com0c|com0:dv=/dev/dty00:br#115200:pa=none
> 
> When I try to tip(1),
> 
> 	taca@ns[193]:tip com0
> 	connected
> 
> But I type something,
> 
> 	Lost carrier.
> 	[EOT]
> 	taca@ns[194]:
> 
> Then I change the line in /etc/tty as
> 
> tty00	"/usr/libexec/getty ppp.115200"	unknown	off rtscts mdmbuf

This setting doesn't really make sense. You have chosen two sorts of
hardware flow control. That really doesn't make sense, especially if the
other side isn't doing both forms of flow control.

Take care,

Bill