From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 8 15:27:48 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA10404 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Sep 1995 15:27:48 -0700 Received: from Mabuse.Vir.com (News.Vir.com [199.84.154.68]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA10398 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 1995 15:27:45 -0700 Received: from zeta.avenet.com by Vir.com (8.6.10/2.0) id RAA26764; Fri, 8 Sep 1995 17:18:45 -0500 Received: (from rjbproc@localhost) by zeta.avenet.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id SAA02534; Fri, 8 Sep 1995 18:27:13 GMT Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 18:27:12 +0000 () From: Robert Burns X-Sender: rjbproc@zeta.avenet.com To: Gerald Laganiere cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which 2.05 Device for Terminals In-Reply-To: <199509081850.OAA13175@ns.nationalnet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Gerald Laganiere wrote: > We have been trying to connect a hardwired terminal to com 1 on our freebsd box > and we can't seem to get it right. We are using /dev/ttyd0 in getty. Getty > is waiting after ` kill -HUP 1`. We are using wires 2,3,7 on our cable. We > even tried to invert 2,3 in our testing. > > Question: Is ttyd0 the right device for terminals? > > Do we need more than wires 2,3,7 connected on our cable? > > Please respond directly to > Gerry at > Proceco@nationalnet.com > You will find the answer in an old FAQ For a 2 DB-25 connectors at each end, wire as follows: 2 --> 3 3 --> 2 7 --> 7 and short out (4 & 5) and (6, 8 & 20) at each end. HA! HA! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Burns (rjbproc@vir.com) Mtl., Ca. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------