detecting DSR on a ultra 1

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Sat, 5 Dec 1998 10:51:32 +0100

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Hi,

On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 06:31:17PM +0000, Michael Lanzetta wrote:
> I've installed mgetty on a Ultra 5 running 2.5.1 and it works
> great but when i try it on a Ultra 1 or Sparcstation 5 i get
> a error in the /var/log saying that it can't find DSR "bad cable
> or modem?"   What does this mean?  Both my ultra 5 and Ultra 1
> are using the same modem and os but i can't get it to work.

Solaris doesn't acknowledge that DSR exists at all.  But don't worry, that
warning is just there to aid remote debugging ("my modem doesn't respond -
oh, and DSR is down, all of a sudden - maybe someone switched it offf?").

gert
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