From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 23 1: 9: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D9EA14DA0 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 01:08:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA17351; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:08:36 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA02178; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:07:54 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199903230907.JAA02178@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Dan Mahoney Jr." Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serial cables In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 23 Mar 1999 00:43:47 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:07:54 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG AFAIK, most ``laplink'' cables don't come with pins 6 & 8 connected to pin 20 on the other side. The idea behind this cross-over is to wire DTR on one side to carrier on the other. Without carrier, the ttyd devices will block. > Okay, I've got a question that doesn't directly relate to freebsd, but > more to hardware... > > For some reason, when I use serial cables, some pin is not being asserted > and therefore causing serial communications to fail when I try to connect > my serial terminals... > > I don't know WHICH pin it is, but for some reason the terminals work okay > when I change the line in /etc/ttys from ttydX to cuaaX where X is the > port ID. > > I note that this only happens on my 25 pin ports, not on my 9 pin ones, > which is really just weird. (And on two separate cards, one generic and > one from Byte Runner) > > Any help appreciated.... > > -Dan Mahoney > > -- > > "Let me tell you something about regrowing your dead wife Lucy, Harry. > It's probably illegal, potentially dangerous, and definitely crazy." > > -Harry nods- > > Vincent Spano, as Boris in "Creator". > > > Dan Mahoney > Gushi on efnet IRC > ICQ:13735144 > (webpages TBA) -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message