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Date:      Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:54:10 -0800
From:      "Eric" <yernsef@yahoo.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   trouble with serial terminals
Message-ID:  <005701c1661a$7da8ec90$0c01a8c0@setibox>

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Hi. I'm trying to get a serial dumb terminal hooked up to my bsd box. I know
my terminal works, cause I've tested it elsewhere (and I actually have two
terminals, made by Wyse).

These are my lines in /etc/ttys:
ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on  secure
ttyd1   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on  secure
which looks fine to me. I had to go in with stty and set the screen size to
80x24. I have getty processes running on the two serial ports, and I know
something is working because it echos back anything i type in the terminal
(local echo is off). If I kill getty, or reset stty, it doesn't echo. I've
even gone so far as hook a scope up to the serial line to verify that data
of some sorts is being transmitted to and from the box.

The problem? I don't get a login prompt. It's like getty is sensing a
connection, but isn't running login. In the handbook and everywhere else I
can read, it says just plug it in and turn it on, and it works. Seems
simple, but it's not happening for me. I've even tried another bsd machine
and I have the same problem. I think I'm missing something simple somewhere,
but can't find it.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Eric
www.tek-shop.com







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