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Date:      Tue, 28 Nov 2000 07:09:36 -0500
From:      "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com>
To:        <raj.choudhury@de.opel.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: help with ttyd0 & serial-linking PC to BSD box
Message-ID:  <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPGELJCKAA.otterr@telocity.com>
In-Reply-To: <412569A5.003AFECA.00@derumg01.lneu.emea.eds.com>

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I haven't set up a serial link to my BSD boxen (though I should), but
this might be a helpful link:
http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/sercon.html

-Otter


}-----Original Message-----
}From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
}[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of
}raj.choudhury@de.opel.com
}Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 5:42 AM
}To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
}Subject: help with ttyd0 & serial-linking PC to BSD box
}
}
}
}
}I would appreciate help on getting a working connection between
}a Win95 box (running as a vt100 terminal) and my laptop (running
}FreeBSD 4.0)
}
}What I did:
}
}(1) changed /etc/ttys to read
}ttyd0 "usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure
}(I also tried "unknown" instead of "vt100" as well as some
}other getty
}types like std.19200, etc)
}
}(2) #kill -HUP 1
}
}(3) connected null modem cable between Win95 COM 2 and
}Laptop Serial 1
}
}(4) #ps -axww|grep getty   yields:
}214  ??  I    0:0.0 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600  ttyd0
}
}when I started up HyperTerminal in Win95 and configured it
}for "Direct to COM
}2"+
}emulate vt100 terminal+9600bps 8-N-1 and tried to connect,
}the terminal
}was locked up (no echo of keys typed on the screen).
}
}What am I doing wrong?
}
}I didn't stop there. I tried this (this was *not* from the
}handbook, I just
}tried it
}since it's what I've been doing to activate cuaa0 as my
}dialout modem on
}Serial 1):
}#ppp
}ppp> set device /dev/ttyd0
}ppp> term
}
}this locked up the session, but I did #ps -axww|grep getty
}in a new session
}and now got:
}214  d0  Is+    0:0.0 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600  ttyd0
}
}(note the ?? changed to d0 as the Handbook section 14.3.4
}suggests to look for)
}When I tried reconnecting the Win95 HyperTerminal app, now
}as I typed in the
}terminal window, the keystrokes were echoed back to me, but
}alas no login prompt
}from FreeBSD.
}
}Thanks for helping this newbie.
}
}RAJ CHOUDHURY
}
}PS: There seems to be a discrepancy between the Handbook
}(14.3.4) which
}says the ps command yields:
}22189  d1  Is+  0:0.3 /usr/libexec/getty  std.38400  ttyd1
}(for example) and FAQ (11.8) which says you should see
}747  ??  I  0:0.04 /usr/libexec/getty  std.57600  ttyd1.
}Why does one show "??" and the other show "d1" ? Is the fact
}that I was
}seeing the "??" initally linked to my problem?
}
}
}
}
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