Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:56:51 -0000 From: "Peter McGarvey" <Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: 3.2_Release and Dumb Terminal & Modem problems Message-ID: <NDBBJLAJELEHNLGABIJNEELFDIAA.Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk>
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I've just inherited a dumb terminal. I thought it would a nice idea to hook
it up to my FreeBSD machine, freeing up a VGA monitor for more needful
projects. Only I seem to be unable to get the damn thing to work.
I made a new null-modem cable - no joy.
I played with all the settings i could think of - still nothing.
I tested the terminal by hooking it up to my modem - worked fine.
I then hooked the modem up to my FreeBSD box - and couldn't get this to work
either.
I even opened the PC to check the ribbon cables were connected - they were.
I then gave up.
I then got irritated that a computer had managed to get the better of me.
So I had another go. Nothing.
In a final act of desperation I tried the terminal to my "old" FreeBSD
machine (running 2.2.5_RELEASE). It worked. So did my modem.
So. Either 3.2_RELEASE has a problem or my hardware is busted. Or there is
some incompatability somewhere.
FreeBSD detects the UARTs on boot, and all the other checking I've done
suggests there is no problem. I've tested the serial port in DOS and it
seems fine, so it's not hardware. However, I have now reached the limit of
my knowlege I'm at a loss how to sort this problem out. So...
Can some kind person please help.
TTFN, FNORD
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