From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Sep 4 0:23:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7264137B400 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 00:23:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gnah.bolet.org (gnah.bolet.org [80.65.226.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13FC843E42 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 00:23:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pornin@bolet.org) Received: from gnah.bolet.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gnah.bolet.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g847NTkU057067; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:23:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from pornin@bolet.org) Received: (from pornin@localhost) by gnah.bolet.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g847NRQ7057066; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:23:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:23:26 +0200 From: Thomas Pornin To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: AXPpci33 <-> Sparc sun4c serial cable Message-ID: <20020904092325.A56835@gnah.bolet.org> References: <20020903190239.A48033@gnah.bolet.org> <20020903215232.GC82356@cicely5.cicely.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20020903215232.GC82356@cicely5.cicely.de>; from ticso@cicely5.cicely.de on Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:52:32PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:52:32PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > > was connected. A simple null-modem cable worked (those cables sold as > > "doom-cable", with a DB9 and a DB25 at each end). I tried the same > > setting on my current Alpha machine, and it did not work. > > What do you mean with did not work? No I/O on the VT220: no output on the screen, and nothing I typed went to the machine. I used a VGA card (S3 Trio64V+) and a standard PS/2 keyboard, and this worked. I tried several combinations and the behaviour (with or without keyboard) was much similar to what I could get with the Multia, except that the VT remained blank. I tried a "set console serial", to no avail. I cannot do much testing now, since the box is my firewall/primary DNS/mail server, and I gave the VT220 to somebody else. Anyway, thanks for all the answers. When I get the IPC (hopefully in two or three weeks) I will try this out. --Thomas Pornin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message