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From: dhhoveme@rodan.syr.edu (David H. Hovemeyer)
Subject: NetBSD 0.9: problems with terminal on com1
Message-ID: <1993Aug28.113814.17391@newstand.syr.edu>
Summary: terminal on com1 won't work
Keywords: 0.9, com1
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 11:38:14 EDT
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Howdy,
OK, I just upgraded to NetBSD 0.9. Everything is working
*except* my VT102, which is connected to com1. (It had been
working reasonably well under NetBSD 0.8). I added this line
to /etc/ttys
com1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt102 on secure
and used MAKEDEV to make a device for com1. After rebooting,
the NetBSD banner and login prompt come up as usual. Everything
is fine until I run a program which does some sort of terminal
I/O (such as more and elvis). At this point, I get a line of
garbage characters, and the terminal is rendered unusable.
The com port is on a generic IDE card, and I have no
idea what kind of hardware runs it. Would a new card (with better
UARTs) help?
Thanks,
Dave
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