Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 09:57:56 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portmaster usage? Message-ID: <20000816095756.N4854@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008170006200.83383-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>; from andyf@speednet.com.au on Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 12:11:19AM %2B1000 References: <20000815132823.F4854@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008170006200.83383-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>
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* Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> [000816 07:11] wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > I just got a portmaster here and not having used one before I'm a > > buit perplexed as to how one sends a BREAK over serial with it, > > right now I just telnet into and use 'attach s<whatever>'. > > using ^] and telling telnet to send a break doesn't seem to > > work. > > Tell telnet to 'send esc'. You may need to do it twice. > > > I heard there's a way to get the portmaster to offer a > > service that allows me to use ptys on a box as serial ports > > somehow. Does anyone have any pointers as to how I can do this > > on FreeBSD? Will I be able to send a break if I do that? > > Not sure what you mean. Portmaster docs are online at www.livingston.com. The idea is to send a serial break which allows me to break into the kernel debugger. 'send esc' allows me to drop the connection but 'send break' allows me to enter the debugger. No worries, i have it working now. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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