Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 12:30:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> To: Ryan Merrick <sandshrimp@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial Console woes Message-ID: <20030511122715.A903-100000@foem> In-Reply-To: <3EBE243E.5080302@attbi.com>
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On Sun, 11 May 2003, Ryan Merrick wrote: > I am trying to setup a serial console between two freebsd 4.8 boxes. > The cable is known good and has been tested on a master power with > #tip cuaa0b. > ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty Xwindow" unknown on insecure You are not seting any speed. Try something like ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup on insecure or see the handbook for the above example. On the _OTHER_ machine you sould have a line like cuaa0b:dv=/dev/cuaa0:br#9600:pa=none: in your /etc/remote to match the 9600 baud rate. Also Xwindow is a bit of a strange terminal for a serial console. You may want to change that to 'dialup' or something more begin like vt52. > When I try to connect I get a beep and connected message and a new > line but I don't see anything else. I then ~^D out of tip with a [EOT] . Make sure you try a few returns. Dw
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