Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:53:01 -0500 From: Eric Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: "Robert Fitzpatrick" <robert@webtent.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Connecting to serial port using HyperTerminal Message-ID: <2864A7A4-2243-11D9-A19D-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <000501c4b64f$0f0c9150$3901a8c0@webtent.net> References: <000501c4b64f$0f0c9150$3901a8c0@webtent.net>
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--Apple-Mail-16--325502223 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Oct 19, 2004, at 9:46 PM, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > I see the Terminals docs in the handbook for connecting to the serial > port. > It looks as if maybe my FreeBSD 5.2 has getty up and running with > several > instances: > > 64553 v0 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0 > 808 v1 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1 > 809 v2 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2 > 810 v3 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3 > 811 v4 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4 > 812 v5 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5 > 813 v6 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6 > 814 v7 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7 > > What do I need to do more to allow the connection from my Windows > machine in > HyperTerminal? I've tried various settings, can someone suggest the > correct > settings? > > -- > Robert The tty*v* means they're virtual terminals. You need to enable the serial console in /etc/ttys. The line you need (which needs to be uncommented) should look like this: ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure Then you need to reHUP your getty process. HTH ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks --Apple-Mail-16--325502223 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkF10w4ACgkQRAAY9knOW+o4zQCff2E+car1o3L7OoHBCLNEufay gfgAn1FL9dZ+mOWuZ8opm7W7WLjTWVoc =vsGk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-16--325502223--
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