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From: cproto@cs.curtin.edu.au (Computer Protocol)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: com driver problems in NetBSD 0.9
Date: 6 Sep 93 23:38:24 GMT
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
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Message-ID: <cproto.747358704@marsh>
References: <1993Sep5.184053.5872@newstand.syr.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au
Keywords: NetBSD 0.9, com, driver

dhhoveme@rodan.syr.edu (David H. Hovemeyer) writes:

>Howdy,
>    I posted to comp.os.386bsd.questions last week and got
>some sympathy but no direct answers, so I thought I'd try my
>luck here.  I upgraded from 0.8 to 0.9, and now can't get
>my VT102 connected to com1 on my generic IDE card to
>work.  The login banner and prompt appear as usual, but
>programs that do terminal I/O (more, elvis) cause a row
>of garbage to be printed and the line settings to be messed
>up.  This set up used to work under NetBSD 0.8.
>    Can anyone shed some light on this problem?

Same problem here. I can't use VI (elvis) on my com port otherwise
the settings become very insane.

Regards - Tibor Sashegyi (cproto@cs.curtin.edu.au)