Hi - A few days ago the "getty plays parity games" topic came up again. I've been thinking about it and looked at the kernel a bit more. 7e1 is rather firmly in place and I'm not sure turning the 'console' (kl/dl) driver into a "LITOUT only" one is a 100% correct way to go (the other drivers such as dz, dh, etc remain 7e1 output by default). Here's a patch for getty/main.c which I think will do what's wanted without having to modify the kernel: ------------snip------------- *** main.c.dist Mon Sep 9 16:52:24 2002 --- main.c Mon Sep 9 16:56:55 2002 *************** *** 384,391 **** c = cc; c |= partab[c&0177] & 0200; ! if (OP) ! c ^= 0200; if (!UB) { outbuf[obufcnt++] = c; if (obufcnt >= OBUFSIZ) --- 384,401 ---- c = cc; c |= partab[c&0177] & 0200; ! /* ! * If "any" parity do nothing otherwise set even parity unless OP is ! * set. Since 'ap' is set in the "default" entry of /etc/gettytab this ! * has the effect of disabling parity on output without having to change ! * the kernel. ! */ ! if (!AP) { ! c |= partab[c & 0177] & 0200; ! if (OP) ! c ^= 0200; ! } ! if (!UB) { outbuf[obufcnt++] = c; if (obufcnt >= OBUFSIZ) --------------snip--------------- What this does is check the "AP" (AnyParity) flag from /etc/gettytab and if NOT set then do the 'even' (or 'odd' if OP is set) parity. Since 'ap' is present in the default line of /etc/gettytab the above block effectively becomes a no-op unless /etc/gettytab is explicitly set for 'ep' or 'op'. If someone could test this and report back I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Steven Schultz sms(a)2bsd.com