On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 02:17:42AM +0000, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On May 19, 1:10am, Alan Third wrote: > } > } OK, I'm stumped. I got a DEC VT220, connected it to my internet > } gateway box and stuck a getty on it. Everything is fine until I try to > } run zsh, which doesn't seem to do anything. > > The last time this came up, it was because "stuck a getty on it" really > meant "stuck an mgetty on it" -- and since the line is a terminal, not > a modem (the m in mgetty), zsh and mgetty clashed over the exclusive-open > on the tty device. Yes, I _do_ remember this one ;-) Though I'm using a DEC VT510 ;-) > } I had to change my login shell to bash, which works happily. The only > } thing I wasn't expecting is that $TERM is "linux" rather than "vt220", > } could this be affecting zsh? > > Not in the way you describe, but you probably want to change the getty > command line in /etc/inittab to provide the correct terminal type. As I'm also running Debian unstable (aka sid), my line in /etc/inittab may be of help. Here it is: T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 38400 vt510 # ^^^^^ ^^^^^- you should change this # ||||| to "vt220" # +++++------- the line speed. 9600 # or 19200 may also be # values you should try # out if you run into # problems CU, Thomas -- Thomas Köhler Email: jean-luc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | LCARS - Linux <>< WWW: http://jeanluc-picard.de | for Computers IRC: jeanluc | on All Real PGP public key available from Homepage! | Starships
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