Bug 52448 - Lack of getty_ps rpm
Summary: Lack of getty_ps rpm
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: getty_ps
Version: 7.1
Hardware: alpha
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-08-23 20:06 UTC by Makia Minich
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:22 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-08-23 20:06:09 UTC
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Description Makia Minich 2001-08-23 20:06:06 UTC 
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Description of problem:
RedHat 7.1 does not include the getty_ps RPM.  It substitutes the mgetty
RPM.  Mgetty hangs on a 3-wire serial console when run with the following
options:
     s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -r -s 9600 -x 0 ttyS0
With a fully wired serial console, mgetty works fine.

The getty_ps distributed with RedHat 6.1 does not have this limitation. 
When run with:
     s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0 DT9600 vt100
It is able to operate with a 3-wire serial console.  We were able to fix
our systems by loading the RPM from a RedHat 6.1 distribution.

In the future, please either distribute getty_ps with RedHat releases or
fix mgetty.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
See the description.	

Additional info:
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-08-23 21:17:54 UTC 
Intentional - license issues.
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