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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!pipex!marble.uknet.ac.uk!uknet!zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk!lessen From: lessen@axion.bt.co.uk (Lee Essen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: com drivers, syscons and patchkit 0.2.2 Message-ID: <1993Apr1.090316@axion.bt.co.uk> Date: 1 Apr 93 08:13:46 GMT Reply-To: lessen@axion.bt.co.uk (Lee Essen) Organization: British Telecom Research Labs Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: jammy.axion.bt.co.uk I've installed patchkit 0.2.2 (backed out all the old patches, removed any extra bits, installed the patchkit, and then added syscons and pcfs). I'm just trying to use a modem connection to download some software (not slip at the moment), I blame my serial port for the most part and have a 16550 card on order, but... Since I haven't got any sort of comms package, I'm using tip (ugh!), when I transfer a file (which I have to uuencode since it's only 7bit) it tends to get garbled and after uudecoding (if it works) won't untar. I tried to install cdg's com drivers but they seem very reliant on a 0.2.1 patch level. Is there a newer version? I'm only running the serial line at 9600 (I get complete garbage at 19200 and 38400 - hence the new serial card), but if I switch consoles (syscon virtual consoles) while there is some serial activity, I get several 'silo overflow' messages and then the system reboots! What is the best com driver? Where can I get it? and does it work with patchkit 0.2.2 ? Thanks, Lee.