From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 9 21:15:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fedde.littleton.co.us (cfedde.dsl.frii.net [216.17.139.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3550637B424 for ; Wed, 9 May 2001 21:15:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cfedde@fedde.littleton.co.us) Received: from fedde.littleton.co.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fedde.littleton.co.us (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f4A4E7801356; Wed, 9 May 2001 22:14:07 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200105100414.f4A4E7801356@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: zer0700@excite.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP 700/92 Dumb Terminal In-Reply-To: <33354608.989465732414.JavaMail.imail@dotty.excite.com> From: Chris Fedde Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 22:14:07 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 9 May 2001 20:35:32 -0700 (PDT) zer0700@excite.com wrote: +------------------ | Okay, it seems like I've done everything necessary to get this antique HP | 700/92 Terminal to work with my FreeBSD (4.3RELEASE) box. I've added the | termcap entry to /etc/termcap, added the line: 'ttyd0 /usr/libexec/getty | std.9600 hp70092 on secure' to my /etc/ttys file, hooked up the terminal to | the serial port with a null modem cable, kill -1 1, but I never get a login | prompt. The terminal works fine in local mode (i'm able to type letters on | it) and I've set all it's settings to default. Maybe I need a special cable? | Or maybe I need to pass getty something besides std.9600 in the ttys file? | All suggestions welcome. +------------------ You probably need a null modem adapter, or a special cable. The docs on serial connections in the freebsd handbook (/usr/share/doc/handbook/book.txt) are quite good. I'd recommend spending some time with them. Chapter 15. Serial Communications. Good Luck -- Chris Fedde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message