Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 16:43:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: tom@mercia.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stty wont change ttyd1 to be CTS/RTS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807291643000.24795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35C00946.B4C09107@star.co.uk>
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On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Tom Brown wrote: > Hi, > Since installing BSD, in an attempt to avoid the products of MS I have > had a mixed bag of fortunes. > > I managed to install the system with relatively few problems. However > since then I have hit a brick wall. In order to get the system > functioning as an Apache server I need to configure ppp to read the > documentation, I can't get beond login. > > In order to find out more I took a step back to see if I could perform > the most mundane of tasks by connecting an ASCI terminal (Psion 3a in > asci terminal mode) to the system. Fine I have a port (COM2) ttyd1 set > up in /dev/ttys as a standard 9600 it's 'on' and secure. > > I note that the paper manual say's to change to CTS/RTS control all I > have to do is type: > stty -f /dev/ttyid1 crtscts > My understanding from the E-Handbook is that this will change the port > to RTS/CTS control. I try and nothing has changed when i check with: > stty -a -f /dev/ttyd1. > If anyone knows what is going on here and how I can modify rc.serial to > do this as a default setting, I'd be greatful. ttyidX is the initial-settings device, while ttydX is the current settings. What's happened is that you've changed the initial settings, but the device hasn't been closed yet, so it hasn't yet assumed those new initial settings. Kill the getty running on ttyd1 and it should pick them up. you may need to hack /etc/gettytab too. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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