From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Feb 13 16:59:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (pD9E20DA2.dip.t-dialin.net [217.226.13.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A0D537B402 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:59:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1E0xQeS024444; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:59:26 +0100 (CET)?g (envelope-from ticso@cicely5.cicely.de)œ Received: (from root@localhost) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) id g1E0xLPj024443; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:59:21 +0100 (CET)?g (envelope-from ticso) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:59:21 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Terry Lambert Cc: Bernd Walter , Normand Leclerc , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial console drops dead Message-ID: <20020214005919.GA24409@cicely5.cicely.de> References: <000501c1b494$c9c22d30$038c898e@dactyl> <20020213150404.GK23566@cicely8.cicely.de> <3C6AFB0C.B364DC97@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C6AFB0C.B364DC97@mindspring.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely5.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT i386 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 Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 03:47:24PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 08:46:07AM -0500, Normand Leclerc wrote: > > I am having an annoying problem with my serial console. After a while > > (1 or 2 days) it drops dead. > > > > I have configured flags 0x30 for sio0 on FreeBSD 4.5 on my PC164sx > > computer. The serial terminal is a computer that is not always turned > > on. > > Use a null-modem cable, so that the computer doesn't have > any way of knowing (lack of DTR, RTS, CTS, DSR, DCD) that > you don't have the console turned on. FreeBSD consoles don't care for these lines. I usually open the seriel on my terminalserver only if I need and never had troubles. -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message