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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!pipex!uknet!EU.net!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!news.win.tue.nl!wzv.win.tue.nl!gvr.win.tue.nl!guido From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD multiport serial troubles... Date: 18 Nov 1993 20:21:26 GMT Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lines: 40 Message-ID: <2cglg6$hm@wzv.win.tue.nl> References: <CGorE5.23K@swi.psy.uva.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: gvr.win.tue.nl tromp@swi.psy.uva.nl (Tromp Jolanda) writes: >I've tried various NULL modem cables and even tested the cables and >the terminal by connecting it to another machine (Mac). The Mac could >both read and write from the terminal. But the FreeBSD won't read the >port. You should have a real null modem cable. So on a 9 pin d-connector: 1-1 2-3 3-2 4-6 6-4 7-8 8-7 Did you try this one? >Now does anybody know what the hell I'm talking about? >Is this a problem with my supposedly compatible AST fourport card? >Or is it a cabling problem? If so what is the best cable >so to speak? I really think it is a cabling problem, provided that at boot time all comports were found correctly. >The /etc/ttys should be setup correctly and so should /etc/gettytab... >Any help would be greatly appreciated :) >That's it for now, >Mimir > -Guido -- Guido van Rooij | Internet: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl Bisschopsmolen 16 | Phone: ++31.40.461433 5612 DS Eindhoven | ((12+144+20)+3*sqrt(4))/7 The Netherlands | +(5*11)=9^2+0