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From: deeken@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Hannes Deeken)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Problem with serial ports in NetBSD-current
Date: 8 Apr 1994 10:51:04 +0200
Organization: TU Darmstadt, ITI
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Message-ID: <deeken.765794909@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de>
References: <jmc.765667107@draconis.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu> <2o06ibINNaol@flinx.RoBIN.de> <1994Apr7.223348.14837@resonex.com>
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michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan) writes:
>In article <2o06ibINNaol@flinx.RoBIN.de> hannes@flinx.RoBIN.de (Hannes Deeken) writes:
>>
>>Do a 'set carrier off' in kermit before 'connect'. The serial driver in
>>NetBSD-current implements proper DCD handling, and so a simple open
>>blocks until the modem raises DCD.
>And how do you get 'tip' to work with proper DCD handling?
From the current-users mailing list (which you should read if you run
NetBSD-current):
> sleep 1000 < /dev/tty01
> stty -f /dev/tty01 clocal
> tip tty01
Or you could use the 'ttyflags' command to set CLOCAL on the port permanently.
But I don't know whether this would hurt in other places.
Hannes
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