smason@echo-on.net (ICMan) writes:

>I thought that getty
>would put the modem into auto answer mode.

No, getty doesn't put the modem into auto answer mode.  You have to configure
them modem to be in auto answer mode always.  Maybe turning auto answer
mode off during dialouts to avoid race conditions.

Good modems won't answer unless DTR is asserted.

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Christoph Badura
Verlag O'Reilly