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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!uhog.mit.edu!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!think.com!spdcc!merk!rmkhome!rmk From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) Subject: Re: NetBSD 0.9 current com ports dont work Organization: The Man With Ten Cats References: <2v8cc2$807@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Message-ID: <9407110047.11@rmkhome.com> Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 05:47:15 GMT Lines: 19 Darren Hosking (dmh@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au) wrote: : I had been using NetBSD 0.9 with tip and cu out through com ports with no : problems but have since upgraded to NetBSD 0.9 current to get PPP support. : Since upgrading to current the com ports do not work correctly. When I connect : to a port DTR is raised but when I type any characters both tip and cu : drop out with "link down" and "write: Input/output error" respectively. : Does anyone have any idea what the problem is? I haven't tried to find the problem, but my workaround is to set DCD high all the time in my modem setup. Luckily, I have another computer here whose serial drivers are working fine. -- Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.com rmk@bedford.progress.com