Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:52:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Naief BinTalal <naief@cyfari.com> To: Isaac Flemming <iflemmin@mission.mvnc.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Kenny W Drobnack <kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu> Subject: Re: Dumb terminal(s) through serial connection(s) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908221347450.49707-100000@ftp.cyfari.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990822034706.13238B-100000@mission.mvnc.edu>
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On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Isaac Flemming wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am running FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE and I have recently acquired several
> WYSE 50 terminals. I have read through several FAQ's and tutorials on how
> to set two of these terminals up, and connect them to my box via
> ttyd0/COM1 and ttyd1/COM2. I have setup the terminal's parity to none and
> the modem port baud rate to 38400. I then edited the /etc/ttys file to use
> the following settings.
>
> ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400" wy50 on insecure
> ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400" wy50 on insecure
>
> After all these settings are checked and double checked and the init is
> reloaded to re-read the ttys file I check to see that my settings have
> taken affect and sure enough they have.
>
> bash$ ps ax|grep getty
> 277 ?? I 0:00.02 /usr/libexec/getty std.38400 ttyd0
> 278 ?? I 0:00.02 /usr/libexec/getty std.38400 ttyd1
>
> According to all the FAQ's/tutorials I have read my terminals (assuming
> they are properly connected) should be getting a login prompt but they are
> not. I am very new at this and am at a total loss as what to try next. Is
> there any way I can be sure the terminals are connected correctly (I am
> pretty sure they are, I am using standard serial/modem cables), and if
^^^^^^^^
Have you tried null-modem cables?
/Naief
/www.cyfari.com
> they are connected correctly is there anything I am missing?
>
> Thank you in advance for all of your help
> Sincerly
> Isaac D. Flemming
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Isaac D. Flemming
> Senior Computer Science Major
> Mount Vernon Nazarene College
>
> Email: iflemmin@mvnc.edu
> Phone: (740) 397-6862 x7604
>
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