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From: scottl@engin.umich.edu (scott allen long)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: problems with tip
Date: 29 Mar 1993 19:04:07 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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In article <1993Mar29.074653.27148@gmd.de> veit@mururoa.gmd.de (Holger Veit) writes:
>In article <1p51dhINNt8n@mojo.eng.umd.edu>, publius@eng.umd.edu (Matt Beal) writes:
>|> 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
>
>I wonder why
>stty cs8 </dev/com2
>shouldn't work.
> 
I've tried that.  Many times.  When I stat it, it reports that it's changed,
but it really hasn't.  Tried another flag, istrip, but that doesn't do anything.
My original guess was that </dev/com2 only controls stdin, so I tried >/dev/com2
 to change stdout.  Still no go.  I have Seyon running in X and that seems to
switch parities and byte length fine.

(arguing whether 386bsd supports com3 and com4)

>
>Holger
>
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-sl