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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:00:54 +0200
From:      Panagiotis Astithas <past@netmode.ntua.gr>
To:        Daniel Brady <daniel.brady@trintech.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problem with Null Modem connection
Message-ID:  <20010131140053.B994@netmode.ece.ntua.gr>
In-Reply-To: <F4F6A84AB884D31198F20008C724FD4A1ABE04@ntdub0e.trintech.com>; from daniel.brady@trintech.com on Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 09:42:57AM -0000
References:  <F4F6A84AB884D31198F20008C724FD4A1ABE04@ntdub0e.trintech.com>

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On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 09:42:57AM -0000, Daniel Brady wrote:
> Hi
> Has anyone tried this successfully.  I have connected a null modem to com
> port 1 (ttyd0) on a freebsd 4.2 stable box with no effect.  I reset the
> /etc/ttys
> to:
> ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on secure

Have you also configured the other machine at 9600?
My configuration works even with type 'dialup' instead of 'vt100'.

> ttyd1   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on secure
> 
> and did kill -1 1 still no luck

Do you see the getty process running on ttyd1? If so you are fine.
The problem must be on the other side. What is your configuration
there?

> I know the cable is good and the laptop is working because i can do this on
> an openbsd 2.8 stable box no problem so am i missing something specific to
> FreeBSD?

-past


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