> Hi,
   >
   > On my headless Sparcstation 20 I want to have a login prompt on the 
   > remaining serial port. The problem is that can't put getty to work 
   > neither on ttya nor ttyb. I've tested the system console on both ports 
   > and it works fine. I'm using NetBSD 3.1 with GENERIC.MP kernel.
   >
   > Am I forgetting something or can this be a bug?
   >
   > My /etc/ttys file:
   > console "/usr/libexec/getty suncons"    vt102   on secure
   > ttya    "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
   > ttyb    "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown on secure
   
   Adding the softcar (ignore CD) flag to the corresponding tty solved the 
   problem. I needed a reboot to get it to work.
   
   > Result from "ps aux |grep tty[a-b]" (note the ? in getty ttyb's 
   > controlling terminal column):
   > root  2119  0.0  0.1  36   684 ?     I     4:50AM 0:00.14 
   > /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyb
   > root  2611  0.0  0.2  52   792 ttya  Is+   4:35AM 0:00.23 
   > /usr/libexec/getty suncons console
   >
   
   I previously tried the softcar flag, signaled init with a HUP, and 
   killed the getty without controlling terminal. Even in those 
   conditions, the newly created (by init) getty didn't work. A "pstat -t" 
   revealed a terminal with state W where should be O. Why does this 
   happen, why did I needed a reboot?

it doesn't.  however, you needed to run "ttyflags /dev/ttyb"
or so, to set this.


.mrg.