In message <Pine.LNX.4.30.0103050112090.3496-100000@mir.senv.net>, Jussi =
Hamala
inen writes:
>Hi eveyone.
>
>I have a SPARCstation IPX and VT420 terminal hooked up to it (not
>the console). I can't get getty to talk to the terminal nor does
>the terminal talk to getty, but if I try with minicom, the connection
>works OK in both directions. The VT420 is configured to 9600, 8n1,
>data leads only and no xoff. Any ideas?

I have vagure recollections that at least one of the serial ports on =

some early SPARCstations had no modem control lines.  You may need to =

configure getty appropriately.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb