Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 21:33:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: dumb terminals Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960714213308.225C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607141226.WAA20810@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
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On Sun, 14 Jul 1996, HMG coA reductase wrote: > i'd like advice on hooking up a dumb terminal to my FreeBSD box. > i connected this laptop to my desktop with a serial laplink cable, > set the /etc/ttys nicely, set up Windows Terminal on the laptop, but did > not get a login: prompt. everything looks fine on the FreeBSD side, getty > was running, and stty for ttyd0 shows desired settings. Was the terminal and box connected by a null modem cable and the baudrate & data bit settings correct? Did you try hitting return a few times to ellicit a login: prompt? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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