From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 08:47:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA18532 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:47:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu ([128.223.186.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA18525 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:47:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) id IAA00884; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:47:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:47:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: HMG coA reductase cc: Matthew Jason White , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dumb terminals In-Reply-To: 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 Mon, 15 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. > > > > I dunno, you sure the laplink cable is null-modem wired? You sure that > > both the FreeBSD and the laptop serial ports are running at the same > > speed? > yes, both ports are at the same speed. > is there a difference between a null-modem cable and a "laplink" cable? > the laplink cable works using DOS Interlnk/Intersvr. they're the same. I missed that, sorry. Let's see your /etc/ttys. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major