Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 14:11:40 -0700 From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: max@sfc.wide.ad.jp Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [please help] connecting serial terminal Message-ID: <199605282111.OAA23580@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 May 1996 22:42:12 %2B0900." <199605251342.WAA00587@mail.tky007.tth.expo96.ad.jp>
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-------- > Hi, > > I'm helping a friend of mine setting up his FreeBSD 2.1.0R box. > Now, he wants to use FreeBSD from PC running vt100 emulator connected > to the FreeBSD box via serial port. I suggested to modify /etc/ttys > to include line as follows: > > ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure > > and do ``kill -1 1''. > > I thought above action will enable him to login from the serial > terminal. (Actually, it's working OK with my machines.) However, no > login prompt is sent after taking the action above. Did he hit <RETURN> a few times to elicit a login: prompt? Getty won't just fire off the login prompt unless it thinks it's set up. I do hope there is a space between ttyd0 and the ". Did you check the syslog for any reports from getty? > So, we made sure that reverse serial cable is used, and the > serial ports of the both PC's are working properly by connecting the > two computers using terminal software on DOS. Did that work OK? Try using ppp's term or tip to talk to the port directly, make sure the port is working first. > Next, I checked if getty is running, waiting for incoming > connection. Although the serial terminal is connected, `ps ax' showed > that getty hasn't been able to open the terminal. That is on ps? Where? :-) Just some stuff I thought up. I do not even try to call myself knowledgable about terminals. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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