From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 24 22:59:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA01974 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:59:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA01969 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:59:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA04620; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:59:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:59:04 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: wott@mail.iserv.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEWBIE questions - cu & named In-Reply-To: <199702242115.QAA26225@mail.iserv.net> 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, 24 Feb 1997 wott@mail.iserv.net wrote: > > I'm relatively new to FreeBSD (2.1.6) and am having a couple of > problems. > When trying to use cu, I receive an error that the specified port is > not found (cuaa2). I can use ecu, and dial right out, but the > display gets set so the text is black on black. Any suggestions? I'm > trying to attach to an older system and have to use some form of cu. Make sure you are in the dialer group (see /etc/group). > Also, I need the terminal type set to an att605 so when/if I get > connected I will be able to read things, will this be a problem? You need to tell the remote side you're an att605. > The named problem is minor, when starting up, I get an error that the > named.boot file is not found, but by loading it from a command prompt, > it loads just fine... possibly a problem in where it is located in the > sysconfig ? Perhaps, make sure the path to named.boot is given explicitly. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major