Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 13:52:51 -0500 From: "J. Seth Henry" <jshenry@net-noise.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Serial TTY problems Message-ID: <000e01c020d8$7b8396a0$0e01a8c0@guinevere>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I have a VT220 terminal I would like to use with my BSD machine. The terminal and serial cable both work; I tested it on a Windows PC with TeraTerm and I can type both ways. The problem is, FreeBSD doesn't seem to like it. I turned on COM1 for getty in /etc/ttys and restarted the init daemon. Sure enough, I get the login prompt on the terminal - but I can't type anything. It's as though the getty process isn't receiving anything. I've tested both the serial ports, and they work, so I don't know where the problem is. I know the serial port parameters are correct, because the text on the terminal is correct. Particulars: I'm running FreeBSD 4.1 on an Intel based system. (P233MMX on a Tyan mainboard). Both serial ports were known to be working before installing BSD on the system. I am not running a generic kernel, I stripped out a lot of "unnecessary" drivers, and added sound system support - so it may be a kernel issue. I'm stumped. Any ideas? Thanks, Seth Henry jshenry@net-noise.com [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a VT220 terminal I would like to use with my BSD machine. The terminal and serial cable both work; I tested it on a Windows PC with TeraTerm and I can type both ways. The problem is, FreeBSD doesn't seem to like it. I turned on COM1 for getty in /etc/ttys and restarted the init daemon. Sure enough, I get the login prompt on the terminal - but I can't type anything. It's as though the getty process isn't receiving anything. I've tested both the serial ports, and they work, so I don't know where the problem is. I know the serial port parameters are correct, because the text on the terminal is correct. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Particulars:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm running FreeBSD 4.1 on an Intel based system. (P233MMX on a Tyan mainboard). Both serial ports were known to be working before installing BSD on the system. I am not running a generic kernel, I stripped out a lot of "unnecessary" drivers, and added sound system support - so it may be a kernel issue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm stumped. Any ideas?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seth Henry</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:jshenry@net-noise.com">jshenry@net-noise.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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