From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 6 00:05:37 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 357E0EDD for ; Thu, 6 Jun 2013 00:05:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8A251AC4 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 2013 00:05:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ur.dons.net.au (ppp118-210-215-193.lns20.adl6.internode.on.net [118.210.215.193]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id r5604Ixa042886 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:34:24 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Subject: Re: Serial terminal issues Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.3 \(1503\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 From: "Daniel O'Connor" In-Reply-To: <93196E06-1775-46A4-A3E9-1C8A3B8C4E94@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:34:17 +0930 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <383C78B1-4F16-408F-8144-63B470D0C129@gmail.com> <20130605005918.GA5709@icarus.home.lan> <93196E06-1775-46A4-A3E9-1C8A3B8C4E94@gmail.com> To: Alban Hertroys X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) X-Spam-Score: 0.163 () BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: Jeremy Chadwick , "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:05:37 -0000 On 06/06/2013, at 4:59, Alban Hertroys wrote: >> It is very possible. You should have asked Gigabyte what exact = product >> (specifically part number) to purchase that provided a >> header-to-backplane DB9 port, or if they could send you one (many = will >> for free). Always use what the mainboard vendor tells you. Always. >=20 > I contacted Gigabyte, but haven't heard from them yet. >=20 > For the Dutch readers: their website is at gigabyte.co.nl. You = absolutely don't want to go to gigabyte.nl - not safe for work, not at = all (guess where I was=85). We make our serial cables at work, it is fairly straightforward. You can = see in the manual which end of the motherboard connector is pin 1. We have ribbon cable and insulation displacement D9 & 2x5 headers on = hand though.. If you aren't certain the serial hardware works I suggest building or = buying a serial loopback connector and plugging it in. Then run.. cu -l /dev/cuXXX -s 9600 and typing and see if you get your typing echoed back. If you do then you know the serial hardware & driver are working. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C