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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!mojo.eng.umd.edu!publius From: publius@eng.umd.edu (Matt Beal) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: problems with tip Date: 28 Mar 1993 20:22:09 GMT Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 26 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1p51dhINNt8n@mojo.eng.umd.edu> References: <1oujs7INN95t@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: multiplexer.eng.umd.edu In article <1oujs7INN95t@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> scottl@beaker.engin.umich.edu (scott allen long) writes: > >Hi! I've been using 386bsd for a while now, and had been using my modem on >com1 to call up places. Never had a problem. To install XFree86 I moved >my modem to com2 and put a mouse on com1. To make tip work with the new >setup, I edited the /etc/remote file and put an entry for com2 in. But now >it seems that com2 is permanently stuck in 7 bit mode. I've read the man >pages for stty a zillion times and have tried all the flags, but I can't >pull com2 into 8 bits. What should I do? > >Thanks. > >-sl Well, I can't give you a definite answer as far as 386BSD is concerned, but I can suggest that it might be your hardware. I found it impossible to configure either my machine or my friend's with the mouse on com1 and modem on 2. I ended up having to move the modem to com4. Unfortunately, 386BSD doesn't seem to support com3 or 4 at the moment. So...you might be stuck like I am. All I can suggest is that you try booting DOS, load your mouse driver, and run a comm program. If things don't work, then your modem won't work on com2 as configured. If it does work, then....well, I'll have to defer it to a more advanced 386BSD user :) -Matt