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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!isgate!veda.is!adam From: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD multiport serial troubles... Message-ID: <CGx7qt.FJp@veda.is> Date: 23 Nov 93 01:20:37 GMT References: <CGorE5.23K@swi.psy.uva.nl> <2cglg6$hm@wzv.win.tue.nl> <CGsMxF.3L5@swi.psy.uva.nl> <1993Nov22.031429.27227@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland Lines: 22 todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca (Todd Pfaff) writes: >I have a similar problem with dialup logins under FreeBSD-1.0R but on >a standard serial port (not multiport) using sio drivers. >The modem answers, getty responds and starts login, and login seems to >change the tty to cs7 so the remote, which is set for 8-bit data, sees >garbage. You may be experiencing the same problem. During a modem login >attempt, try 'stty -f /dev/serial-device' and check for cflags: cs7. >Is it login that sets the tty to 7-bit? If so, why? If not, then what's >the culprit? Is there a simple solution? I'm not sure whether it is getty or login, but this is fixable now. in /etc/gettytab, the entry used for the login ports (cf. /etc/ttys) needs to have :np: in it. no 'stty -f ...' needed, except for fancy stuff. That's really all there is to it. -- adam@veda.is