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From: veit@mururoa.gmd.de (Holger Veit)
Subject: Re: problems with tip
Message-ID: <1993Mar29.074653.27148@gmd.de>
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References: <1oujs7INN95t@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> <1p51dhINNt8n@mojo.eng.umd.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 07:46:53 GMT
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In article <1p51dhINNt8n@mojo.eng.umd.edu>, publius@eng.umd.edu (Matt Beal) writes:
|> In article <1oujs7INN95t@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> scottl@beaker.engin.umich.edu (scott allen long) writes:
|> >
|> >Hi! I've been using 386bsd for a while now, and had been using my modem on
|> >com1 to call up places. Never had a problem. To install XFree86 I moved
|> >my modem to com2 and put a mouse on com1. To make tip work with the new
|> >setup, I edited the /etc/remote file and put an entry for com2 in. But now
|> >it seems that com2 is permanently stuck in 7 bit mode. I've read the man
|> >pages for stty a zillion times and have tried all the flags, but I can't
|> >pull com2 into 8 bits. What should I do?
|> >
|> >Thanks.
|> >
|> >-sl
I wonder why
stty cs8 </dev/com2
shouldn't work.
|> Well, I can't give you a definite answer as far as 386BSD is
|> concerned, but I can suggest that it might be your hardware. I found
|> it impossible to configure either my machine or my friend's with the
|> mouse on com1 and modem on 2. I ended up having to move the modem to
|> com4. Unfortunately, 386BSD doesn't seem to support com3 or 4 at the
|> moment. So...you might be stuck like I am. All I can suggest is that
What makes you think 386bsd doesn't support com3 or com4? As long as there
are enough free interrupts, you might add a new com unit by just adding
a line like
device com2 at isa? port 0x2e8 tty irq 5 flags 0x01 vector comintr
into your kernel config file and build a new kernel.
Running out of irqs, you might consider using cgd's com driver which supports
sharing of interrupts. On my system I have a standard Multi-IO card with
2 serial lines, and a 8-bit 4-serial board on irq 7 (interruptless lp driver!)
giving me sufficient I/O lines (for even being able to control my coffee
machine :-) ; anyone selling one with RS232 connector?)
|> you try booting DOS, load your mouse driver, and run a comm program.
|> If things don't work, then your modem won't work on com2 as
|> configured. If it does work, then....well, I'll have to defer it to a
|> more advanced 386BSD user :)
|>
|> -Matt
Holger
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