using vgetty with local handset

Bjoern Giesler (Bjoern.Giesler@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de)
22 Apr 1999 1912:05:14 GMT


Hi,

niko wrote:
[using vgetty with a local handset]

Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> wrote:
: as vgetty expects an incoming call (RING), I don't think it can be done
: right now.

You can send a "virtual ring" to vgetty by sending it a SIGUSR1. You can
define custom behavior for virtual rings if you want; if you don't, a
virtual ring (AFAIR) has the same effect as having the phone ring n
times.

				--Bjoern
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