help with dial in server configuration

i have been trying to configure a dial in server on my linux box . i am using mgetty configured to listen for connections on a external usb modem. i have followed all documentation instructions but i am still faced with a problem.

When i dial into my linux machine, the terminal will correctly start and shows me the login screen, but the problem is that before i can even type in the user name i get a message that the script has ended and the connection is closed. I am dialing in from a windows machine with a terminal spawning after dial up.

i am unable to determine where the problem lies ? can anyone come up with a solution.

I hope you are not really trying this with your usb mouse

Read /var/log/mgetty.<your device name here> (the filename could be a little different). There should be an error message telling what went wrong.

sorry for the typo , i've fixed it now.

these are the contents of my mgetty.ttySL0 file

06/27 13:01:56 SL0 mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.25-Feb01
06/27 13:01:56 SL0 check for lockfiles
06/27 13:01:56 SL0 locking the line
06/27 13:01:57 SL0 lowering DTR to reset Modem
06/27 13:01:57 SL0 send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
06/27 13:01:58 SL0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
06/27 13:01:58 SL0 send: ATS0=0Q0&D3&C1[0d]
06/27 13:01:58 SL0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
06/27 13:01:58 SL0 waiting...
06/27 13:02:10 ##### failed dev=ttySL0, pid=2157, got signal 2, exiting

--
06/27 14:14:07 SL0 mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.25-Feb01
06/27 14:14:07 SL0 check for lockfiles
06/27 14:14:07 SL0 locking the line
06/27 14:14:08 SL0 lowering DTR to reset Modem
06/27 14:14:09 SL0 send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
06/27 14:14:09 SL0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
06/27 14:14:09 SL0 send: ATS0=0Q0&D3&C1[0d]
06/27 14:14:09 SL0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
06/27 14:14:09 SL0 waiting...
06/27 14:24:18 ##### failed dev=ttySL0, pid=1723, got signal 15, exiting

--
06/27 14:25:44 SL0 mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.25-Feb01
06/27 14:25:44 SL0 check for lockfiles
06/27 14:25:44 SL0 locking the line
06/27 14:25:44 SL0 lowering DTR to reset Modem
06/27 14:25:45 SL0 send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
06/27 14:25:46 SL0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
06/27 14:25:46 SL0 send: ATS0=0Q0&D3&C1[0d]
06/27 14:25:46 SL0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
06/27 14:25:46 SL0 waiting...
06/27 14:31:18 ##### failed dev=ttySL0, pid=1720, got signal 15, exiting

--
06/27 14:32:41 SL0 mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.25-Feb01
06/27 14:32:41 SL0 check for lockfiles
06/27 14:32:41 SL0 locking the line
06/27 14:32:42 SL0 lowering DTR to reset Modem
06/27 14:32:43 SL0 send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
06/27 14:32:43 SL0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
06/27 14:32:43 SL0 send: ATS0=0Q0&D3&C1[0d]
06/27 14:32:43 SL0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
06/27 14:32:44 SL0 waiting...
06/27 14:35:58 ##### failed dev=ttySL0, pid=1720, got signal 15, exiting

this is all there is on the file. i cant make head or tail of it.

SIGINT. no idea where it comes from though... maybe the ppp server was not started and mgetty receives the ppp protocol data or something...

Edit your /etc/mgetty+sendfax/mgetty.conf. There should be a block of lines similar to:the "port <portname>" starts the block, following are the port configuration.
below the "port xxx", add the line:then kill mgetty (you are starting it from inittab, yes?) with:
killall -TERM mgetty

now it will produce more detailed log files. you can tail them like this:
tail -30 /var/log/mgetty.ttySL0

Signal 15 means:



-Mr.K