Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 03:05:38 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Eric" <yernsef@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: trouble with serial terminals Message-ID: <000f01c166b2$f7a852e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <005701c1661a$7da8ec90$0c01a8c0@setibox>
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You need to use a serial cable that puts the CD (carrier detect) line high to get getty to spit out a login prompt. Some null-modem adapters don't connect CD, other's do. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Eric >Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 8:54 AM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: trouble with serial terminals > > >Hi. I'm trying to get a serial dumb terminal hooked up to my bsd box. I know >my terminal works, cause I've tested it elsewhere (and I actually have two >terminals, made by Wyse). > >These are my lines in /etc/ttys: >ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure >ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure >which looks fine to me. I had to go in with stty and set the screen size to >80x24. I have getty processes running on the two serial ports, and I know >something is working because it echos back anything i type in the terminal >(local echo is off). If I kill getty, or reset stty, it doesn't echo. I've >even gone so far as hook a scope up to the serial line to verify that data >of some sorts is being transmitted to and from the box. > >The problem? I don't get a login prompt. It's like getty is sensing a >connection, but isn't running login. In the handbook and everywhere else I >can read, it says just plug it in and turn it on, and it works. Seems >simple, but it's not happening for me. I've even tried another bsd machine >and I have the same problem. I think I'm missing something simple somewhere, >but can't find it. > >Any ideas? > >Thanks > >Eric >www.tek-shop.com > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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