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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD, How do you get SIO to work? Date: 25 Oct 1993 05:06:12 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2afms4$rnh@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <BRIAN.93Oct24225502@sun1.claremont.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <BRIAN.93Oct24225502@sun1.claremont.com>, Brian Childs <brian@sun1.claremont.com> wrote: > >I just upgraged from 386bsd to FreeBSD-1.0 EPISILON. Everything works great, >except the SIO driver. Glad to hear it's working. As an aside, did you upgrade by re-installing or using the upgrade scripts? >I couldn't get SIO to work under the 0.2.4 PK, so I figured maybe it would be >easier under FreeBSD, but obviously it was not. > >I created the necessary entries in /dev for SIO. > >When I boot, it looks like the probe works because it recognizes my 2 serial >ports. When I try to 'tip' to my modem, however, it hangs for about 2 min and >then I get a 'link down' error message. The problem with the sio devices 'hanging' when trying to use them for outbound calls is fixed by doing the below command # stty -f /dev/sioXX clocal This will allow outgoing use of the port. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me