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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: More causes garbage on dialin
Message-ID: <hastyCKB3rL.MBq@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
References: <2hnoc9$b4f@crl2.crl.com> <2i4gd4$hvc@cleese.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 21:02:08 GMT
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In article <2i4gd4$hvc@cleese.apana.org.au> newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton) writes:
>In article <2hnoc9$b4f@crl2.crl.com> rmc@crl.com (Jeff Phillips) writes:
>>When we dial into our NETBSD host and use more, the output gets all 
>>messed up. Looks like a port over run. the port is locked at 19200 using 
>>a usr sportster 14400. Any suggestions on where to begin looking?
>
>You haven't said whether you're using 386bsd, FreeBSD or NetBSD.
>
>Early patchlevels of 386bsd had a problem whereby certain programs
>would spontaneously change the terminal settings to 8-bit mode, and
>others would spontaneously change them back to 7 bit mode.  If you
>have an early 386bsd patchlevel release, I'd suggest upgrading.
>
>Another thing to look for is flow control:  Type "stty crtscts" and
>re-start "more" to see if it happens again.  It might be that
>you're blasting chars at your modem too quickly, and overrunning its
>buffer.  Note that for this solution to work at all, you need to be
>using a modem cable which has all the flow control signal lines
>connected -- a 3-wire cable will be utterly useless.
>
>Good luck.
>
>    - mark


Hmm...
do you have the correct termcap entry also make sure that 
that parity setting matches the one on your system.

Cheers,
	Amancio



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