From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 17 0:57: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from curlew.cs.man.ac.uk (curlew.cs.man.ac.uk [130.88.13.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9768C14F61 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:56:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk) Received: from fs3.rncm.ac.uk ([193.63.96.102] helo=rncm.ac.uk) by curlew.cs.man.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG id 12A7y6-0003aI-00; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:56:58 +0000 Received: from RNCM-FS3/SpoolDir by rncm.ac.uk (Mercury 1.44); 17 Jan 00 08:57:13 GMT Received: from SpoolDir by RNCM-FS3 (Mercury 1.44); 17 Jan 00 08:56:56 GMT Received: from beowulf (193.63.96.96) by rncm.ac.uk (Mercury 1.44); 17 Jan 00 08:56:52 GMT From: "Peter McGarvey" To: Subject: 3.2_Release and Dumb Terminal & Modem problems Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:56:51 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Peter McGarvey, Networks Manager | email: Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk Royal Northern College of Music | tel: +44 (0)161 907 5218 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, | fax: +44 (0)161 273 7611 England M13 9RD | mobile: +44 (0)7887 990564 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message