dummy terminal
 

i have a yellowdog linux instalation on a mac powerbook, i'm trying to configure a dummy terminal to run as a remote consol for the computer. I have it inserted into the /etc/inittab as


S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty ttyS0 DT38400

it works, but extremely crudely, as the output is not formatted verry well. (not properly alligned mostly) and sometimes the command prompt doesn't finish appearing, is the problem at the computer end, the terminal end, or both?

the teminal is a Wyse model wy150, yes i am using a null modem adapter

Sounds like you may be getting buffer overruns at the terminal end. Try running at a slower speed and see if that helps. Sometimes null modem cables don't carry the hardware flow control signals that would prevent this. The tty could be configured to ignore hardware flow control also.

no dice on changing speed, it only made things worse, unless i did something wrong, I changed the DT38400 to both 19200 and 9600, used init q and killed the currently running getty, both times changing the dumb termina's speed, but it only came up with garbage, as for configuring the tty to ignore hardware control, i'm not sure how to do that, i may not be exactly a newbie, but i'm no expert either

Apologies for the delay in getting back into this thread. I have one of those either/or system networks that is a VPN to work or internet. Been working to hard... Anyway, after answering your email, I had to come back to the thread to see what your original question was.

I should have noticed before, but your inittab entry shows that you are trying to use mingetty on a serial port. mingetty (man mingetty) is a stripped down version of getty for virtual consoles and does not do any tty port settings.

You should use agetty (man agetty) instead.