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Date:      Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:37:10 -0400 (AST)
From:      The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Serial->serial connection (sio0 -> sio1)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004012034510.437-200000@thelab.hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004011859490.310-100000@thelab.hub.org>

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An appendum to this ... the motherboard is an ABit BP6 with only one CPU
installed, and not overclocked ... don't know if it makes any difference
... I should have thought of it before, but I've added my dmesg output to
this email, jus tin case something stands out to someone?



On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> 
> Morning all ...
> 
> 	I'm trying to test a null modem cable under FreeBSD by connecting
> each end to my two serial ports, and for the life of me, I can't get a
> login prompt, so either this isn't possible or I'm doing something
> wrong.  We ended up testing it by using the 'Direct Connect' feature in
> Win98, so we know the cable is working, but I want to get this working
> with my FreeBSD machine :(
> 
> 	My /etc/ttys looks like:
> 
> ttyd0	"/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"	dialup	off secure
> ttyd1	"/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"	dialup	on secure
> ttyd2	"/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"	dialup	off secure
> ttyd3	"/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"	dialup	off secure
> 
> 	My kernel/dmesg shows:
> 
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> sio1: type 16550A
> 
> 	And, a kermit session looks like:
> 
> Script started on Sat Apr  1 18:58:42 2000
> You have mail.
> thelab#	gps ax | gfep rep ttyd
>   295  ??  I      0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyd1
> thelab#	kermit
> C-Kermit 7.0.196, 1 Jan 2000, for FreeBSD 3.0
>  Copyright (C) 1985, 2000,
>   Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
> Type ? or HELP for help.
> (/root/) C-Kermit>c
> Connecting to /dev/ttyd0, speed 9600.
> The escape character is Ctrl-\ (ASCII 28, FS)
> Type the escape character followed by C to get back,
> or followed by ? to see other options.
> ?Carrier required but not detected.
> ***********************************
>  Hint: To CONNECT to a serial device that
>  is not presenting the Carrier Detect signal,
>  first tell C-Kermit to:
> 
>    SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF
> 
> ***********************************
> 
> (/root/) C-Kermit>set cr arrier-watch off
> (/root/) C-Kermit>c
> Connecting to /dev/ttyd0, speed 9600.
> The escape character is Ctrl-\ (ASCII 28, FS)
> Type the escape character followed by C to get back,
> or followed by ? to see other options.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> (Back at thelab.hub.org)
> ----------------------------------------------------
> (/root/) C-Kermit>quit
> Closing /dev/ttyd0...OK
> thelab#	ps ax | grep ttyd
>   295  ??  I      0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyd1
> thelab#	exit
> exit
> 
> 
> 	Is there something obvious that I'm overlooking here? :(  
> 
> Thanks ...
> 
> Script done on Sat Apr  1 18:59:24 2000
> Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
> primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
> 
> 

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 

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