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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!uwm.edu!msunews!gvsu!river.it.gvsu.edu!behrensm From: behrensm@river.it.gvsu.edu (Matt Behrens) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems with dumb terminal Date: 13 Nov 1996 23:23:30 GMT Organization: Grand Valley State University Lines: 21 Message-ID: <56dl9i$73h@news.gvsu.edu> References: <56dkr7$73h@news.gvsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: river.it.gvsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] I previously wrote: : I'm having difficulties hooking up an older PC running PROCOMM PLUS (DOS : version 2.01) to my FreeBSD box via the serial port. I wired up a null : modem cable, etc., and set up /etc/ttys as per the FAQ. Nothing. I tried : a few different speeds on both ends. Nothing. Presently I don't have a : way of testing either machine's serial ports but I'll try to find : something soon, nonetheless I know the serial driver is working correctly : under FreeBSD because the modem on cuaa1 works. Well, on a whim I switched the /etc/ttys entry to cuaa0. Voila! a login prompt appeared. But, every time I press a key on the terminal the getty dies and respawns. *sigh* Hopefully this is enough info for someone to clue me in. :) -- Matt "Zigg" Behrens | "The only thing I hate more than behrensm@river.it.gvsu.edu | tailgaters are people who go really slow zigg@iserv.net | in front of me." http://www2.gvsu.edu/~behrensm | - A. Whitney Brown