From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 23 17:35:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90EC61065674 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:35:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3329C8FC22 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:35:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2NHVvfk010732; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:31:57 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:32:39 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20080323.113239.-1860901563.imp@bsdimp.com> To: aj@siegel-tech.net From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <200803231122.57251.aj@siegel-tech.net> References: <200803231122.57251.aj@siegel-tech.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial Communication: Terminals X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:35:22 -0000 In message: <200803231122.57251.aj@siegel-tech.net> Aaron Siegel writes: : The question is; if the login prompt is to appear where would it appear? Would : it be one of the virtual terminals? Do I need to use cu, tip, or minicom? : When I use cu program : # cu -l cuad1 : I receive a message : Connected : But I do not receive a prompt. Do you have all the pins of the serial port wired up, or just TX, RX and GND? If the latter, you should use 3wire.19200 as the entry in /etc/ttys. Warner