> > Sometimes when I telnet into my 1.3.100 Linux box (regardless
> > of from where), I get the "connected, escape char is", then the
> > /etc/issue file, and then a 5-minute or infinite delay before
> > the "login:" prompt. Has anyone else seen and fixed this problem?
> >
> > Alan Wendt
> > alan@ezlink.com
>
> This problem has existed since the 0.9 releases of Linux, but I have found
> one reliable way to fix the '5-minute delay' bugs in inetd and ttymon...
>
> Dump Linux and install the latest free [Net|Free|Open]BSD system.
Gee...this unix things not working...guess I'll install NT.
I've never seen the 5-minute pause...but the infinite one was recently
found (bug in the tty system) and fixed in 2.0.something.
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