From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 14 21:34:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA22945 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 21:34:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu ([128.223.186.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA22940 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 21:34:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA00249; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 21:33:55 -0700 Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 21:33:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: HMG coA reductase cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: dumb terminals In-Reply-To: <199607141226.WAA20810@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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