Terminal problem

Terminal problem

[Ben Van Poppel]

Hi all.
 
Sorry for coming with a problem that has doubtless been
presented umpteen times before, but I'm having problems with
my talking DOS terminal to Linux. It works perfectly through
the installation, and shuts right up when I reboot. I found
that the line in /etc/inittab wasn't there after the
installation so I put it back in but it still doesn't talk.
I'm installing Slackware 3.1 on a Toshiba 430 Laptop.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Ben.

Re: Terminal problem

[Bill Schiavo]

Hello everyone.  

On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Ben Van Poppel wrote:

> Hi all.
>  
> Sorry for coming with a problem that has doubtless been
> presented umpteen times before, but I'm having problems with
> my talking DOS terminal to Linux. It works perfectly through
> the installation, and shuts right up when I reboot. I found
> that the line in /etc/inittab wasn't there after the
> installation so I put it back in but it still doesn't talk.
Did you uncomment the line in /etc/rc.d/rc.s that calles the script
rc.serial?  Also did you uncomment the lines that set up your serial
ports?  This is discussed in great detail in the installation howto that
comes with that distribution.
 > I'm installing Slackware 3.1 on a Toshiba
> 430 Laptop.
I am a Slackware user myself so if you need more help you can write to me.

Bill

   > Thanks in advance.
>  
> Ben.
> 
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Re: Terminal problem

[James R. Van Zandt]

Ben Van Poppel wrote: "I found that the line in /etc/inittab wasn't
there after the installation so I put it back in but it still doesn't
talk."

Just a thought: The /etc/inittab you modify early in the installation
is in the ramdisk.  You should check the permanent one
(/mnt/etc/inittab, I believe) before rebooting.

                           - Jim Van Zandt