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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!news.Stanford.EDU!leland!not-for-mail From: dphill@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dean M. Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Question regarding configuring terminals Date: 11 Dec 1994 20:52:42 -0800 Organization: Stanford University Lines: 39 Message-ID: <3cgkuq$6g@deanstoy.Stanford.EDU> References: <3cenbm$cnu@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: deanstoy.stanford.edu In article <3cenbm$cnu@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>, Greg <s9407307@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU> wrote: >I am having trouble configuring a terminal that I connected to >FreeBSD 1.1. [snip] >In the ttys file, I have a line like: >tty00 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on [chomp] When I was running FreeBSD 1.1 (I have since upgraded to 1.1.5.1) I used a line like yours except for different port and terminal type. It worked great and kept my 4-year-old's fingers away from my keyboard :-). Your question leaves things pretty wide open. It could be any of wrong port, bad or miswired cable, fried terminal... what happens if you say "echo foobar >> /dev/tty00" ? If "foobar" shows up on the terminal then that takes care of port and cable problems and its time to look at ttys, getty and init. If nothing shows up then you need to look into the ports, cable, etc. On my system, tty0x does not exist and instead I have ttydx as follows: crw------- 1 uucp 28, 0 Dec 9 21:25 /dev/ttyd0 crw------- 1 uucp 28, 1 Sep 3 12:39 /dev/ttyd1 crw------- 1 uucp 28, 2 Dec 10 09:20 /dev/ttyd2 crw------- 1 root 28, 3 Sep 26 20:04 /dev/ttyd3 The name does not matter that much - just make sure the major and minor device numbers are correct. Also, remember that you have to say "kill -HUP 1" to get init to reread the ttys file. Other than that there is not a whole lot I can say without more information. Good luck, Dean -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dean M. Phillips PGP key available on request dean@deanstoy.wa.com TEMPORARY ADDRESS: dphill@leland.stanford.edu Sept. 23 through Dec 16 ONLY