Problem solved.. I didn't read the "fine print" on the ttys manpage...

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     Nota Bene: Sending SIGHUP to init(8) does not change the state of the
     various termios(4) device flags listed above; the ttyflags(8) program
     must be run for changes in those flags to take effect on the devices.
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ttyflags... damn...

On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 05:10:28PM -0500, Wayne Cuddy wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 04:03:37PM -0600, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> > On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Wayne Cuddy wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > Can someone please let me in on the secret to enabling direct serial (not
> > > modem) logins on NetBSD.  I can't seem to get the local flag in the /etc/ttys
> > > to work.  The getty process always blocks on open()...
> > 
> > I use one of these as the first argument to "getty" (put the following
> > in "/etc/gettytab"):
> > 
> > vt.9600|vt420-9600:\
> >         :sp#9600:i0#2f02:i1#2f02:
> > vt.19200|vt420-19200:\
> >         :sp#19200:i0#2f02:i1#2f02:
> > vt.38400|vt420-38400:\
> >         :sp#38400:i0#2f02:i1#2f02:
> 
> Done and I see the:
> 	21920 ?? S    0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty vt.9600 tty00 
> process sitting there but I never get a login prompt.  Now if I do
> stty -f /dev/tty00 clocal
> While this process is running, I can get the login prompt but once I logout,
> I cannot get the login prompt without running stty again..
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Frederick
> >