From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 14 13:49:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 681DE37B401 for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 13:49:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.jasnetworks.net (mail.sbox.net [63.78.141.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9AA843F85 for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 13:49:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul.gobble@sbox.net) Received: from sbox.net (65.194.253.180)MTEyLTIxNzctNDYyMA==) for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 16:53:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 16:47:55 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) From: Paul Gobble To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <568A333A-864D-11D7-AB35-00039383BC88@sbox.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Help settting up Serial Terminal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 20:49:37 -0000 I could really use some help. I have "headless" FreeBSD 5 web server that I'd like to be able to log on to via a serial link to my lap top. I've been using the FreeBSD Handbook as my guide, but its just not getting me there. Without getting too far into it, does anyone have any suggestion as to how I might trouble shoot the system? What test can I preform to isolate the trouble spot? If you're willing, please read on to get more details about what I have done so far. Thanks for your time + help Paul Gobble So far I've installed a couple of terminal emulators on the test PCs (one is a Mac OsX TiBook and one is a win2k box). For emulation software I've tried (Mac) Zterm and MacWise, (win2k) KoalaTerm. For the serial cable I'm using a Manhattan LapLink female to female null modem serial cable. When attaching to the TiBook, I add a KeySpan PDA Adapter (pn# USA-19). I followed that recommendations I found here... http://www.tertial.org/projects/mac-console/ On the FreeBSD box I've edited the etc/ttys as below root# vim /etc/ttys . . . # Serial terminals # The 'dialup' keyword identifies dialin lines to login, fingerd etc. ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200" vt100 on insecure ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200" vt100 on insecure ttyd2 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure ttyd3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure . . . The I checked a few things ... root# /sbin/dmesg | grep sio usb0: USB revision 1.0 usb1: USB revision 1.0 sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 sio1: type 16550A [sbox.net:~] root# ps -axww | grep getty 471 ?? I 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty std.19200 ttyd0 472 ?? I 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty std.19200 ttyd1 463 v0 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0 464 v1 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1 465 v2 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2 466 v3 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3 467 v4 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4 468 v5 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5 469 v6 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6 470 v7 Is+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7 But in the end, I get nothing when I connect it all up. None of the emulators on either platform give me a login prompt, or anything at all for that matter.