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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!iat.holonet.net!shpbbs!michael.scantlen From: michael.scantlen@busilink.com (Michael Scantlen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: ttyxx logins Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 17:23:28 GMT Message-ID: <940601172631117@busilink.com> Organization: BUSILINK Distribution: world Lines: 32 I've received the FreeBSD 1.1 CDROM - fresh off the press... I've installed the base system with the binaries BIN_TGZ.* I have the system with two known good 16550 Uart based serial ports. I pretested nullmodem cabling from one PC via terminal emulator to the serial ports of the FreeBSD machine - with the FreeBSD machine booted off DOS floppy & procomm to ensure that communications did exist. What I typed on one PC, showed up on the other. I then took out the DOS floppy from the FreeBSD machine and let it bootup under FreeBSD. I logged in as root. Next, I did the following: stty -f /dev/tty00 clocal stty -f /dev/tty01 clocal and verified they were at 8 bits per character, 9600 baud. I then attempted to access FreeBSD - login!!! from the external PC still attached via cabling and the previous terminal emulator. Typing keys on the external PC resulted in no response or feedback. I checked ttys and found tty00 and tty01 off unknown and secure Is this the source of why I can't seem to login to FreeBSD via serial port, or is it the result of something else? Since this is my first crack at setting FreeBSD - I've used man but don't have a postscript printer to print the documents on the CDROM section. I examined the FAQ on the CDROM (section 9) regarding serial connections, and confirmed what I did above was ok for enabling hardwired (non modem connections). Any advice would be helpful ... thanks, Michael