Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:15:56 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: larry_nilsen <larry_nilsen@eee.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: wheres my prompt# Message-ID: <199810311215.MAA06007@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:07:39 PST." <3638224A.AD133FFC@eee.org>
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> HI when i type#ppp at the prompt it says pppON Circle>then i type term
>
> and it says working in interactive mode type ? for help
That's ``~?'', not ``?''.
> The problem is every time i type term at the pppONCircle> prompt
> I loose my cursor theres just a little white rectangle box sitting on
> the
> bottom left and im just stuck in that screen with out being able to
> type any commands "even" the ? command because there is no cursor
> or any response from the key board trying all the keys to get out.Of
> the
> situation.the only keys that work is ctrl alt delete Which i dont like
> to
> use. because then my computer reboots and i have to start all over
> again
> this is very trying....Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
What port is your modem connected to ? The default in 2.2.7 AFAIR is
/dev/cuaa1. You should check that the device you're using has been
probed correctly. Try (at the shell prompt) ``dmesg | fgrep sio''.
Sio0 == /dev/cuaa0 == COM1, sio1 == /dev/cuaa1 == COM2 etc.
> ThankYou in Advance
> P.S. Im running
> FREEBSD2.2.7
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