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Date:      Sun, 14 Jul 1996 21:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: dumb terminals
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960714213308.225C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199607141226.WAA20810@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>

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On Sun, 14 Jul 1996, HMG coA reductase wrote:

> i'd like advice on hooking up a dumb terminal to my FreeBSD box.
> i connected this laptop to my desktop with a serial laplink cable,
> set the /etc/ttys nicely, set up Windows Terminal on the laptop, but did
> not get a login: prompt. everything looks fine on the FreeBSD side, getty
> was running, and stty for ttyd0 shows desired settings.

Was the terminal and box connected by a null modem cable and the baudrate 
& data bit settings correct?  Did you try hitting return a few times to 
ellicit a login: prompt?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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