Do you mean 'getty'?
	Check /etc/ttys - the status should be 'off'.

		David/absolute

                 -=-  "You can have my absence of faith"  -=-

On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, Andy Finnell wrote:

> I'm trying to setup PPP on my PowerCenter Pro running the 1999-06-20
> snapshot.  However I've run into a couple of problems.
> 
> 1)	For some reason mgetty is running on my modem port even though I
> didn't start it.  If I kill it, it just comes back.  This is a problem
> because I need to run pppd on that port, and mgetty and pppd don't seem
> to like each other that much.  Where is the mgetty being started at? 
> I've gotten around this problem by moving my modem to the printer port.
> 
> 2)	When I start my dialup script, it manages to dial the number, and
> gets to where pppd starts taking over the "negotiations."  But it then
> just hangs up for some reason.  This is the output from pppd in /var/log/messages:
> 
> Serial connection established
> Using interface ppp0
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/tty01
> Modem hangup
> Connection terminated
> Exit.
> 
> Why does it just hangup?  My scripts work fine on my NetBSD/mac68k box.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 	-andy
>