getty/login problem

Rob Landley rob at landley.net
Thu Nov 6 05:10:57 UTC 2008


On Wednesday 05 November 2008 00:29:32 lord_fleg at iinet.net.au wrote:
> hi all,
> when logging on via the serial port (ttyS1) i get prompted for the username
> when i enter it and hit return it gets echoed back to me on the line below,
> and then when i enter the password nothing happens and it eventually times
> out. on entering the username/password a second time all is well.

Classic symptom of two programs listening to the same tty in "cooked mode"; 
the lines are sent to them round robin so each one gets every second line.

Rob



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