In article <1992May17.024553.2778@athena.mit.edu> V1570G%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu writes:
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>    How does one get a terminal working with linux?  I tried adding an entry
>to the inittab that ran getty on /dev/ttys1 (the port that the terminal is on),
>but it didn't seem to be flushing the buffers properly on the terminal.  For
>example, the login prompt wouldn't show up until I started typing, instead
>of right away.  Similar things happened with the tcsh and bash prompts.
>
>    I tried it with a terminal (televideo personal terminal), and a 286 running
>telix.  I used a null modem (the same setup worked fine running xenix/286).
>

In your /etc/rc file, do a 

stty sane BAUD > /dev/ttys1

where BAUD is the baudrate.  This should clear up your problems.