From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 31 09:38:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA22910 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:38:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA22904 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@woof.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA12675; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:30:02 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA06007; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:15:56 GMT (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199810311215.MAA06007@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: larry_nilsen cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: wheres my prompt# In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:07:39 PST." <3638224A.AD133FFC@eee.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:15:56 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message