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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: kermit weirdness with 'set baud 38400'
Date: 6 Feb 1995 04:05:17 -0000
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Juergen Nickelsen (nickel@prz.tu-berlin.de) wrote:
: In article <paigenD3C5su.FH@netcom.com> paigen@netcom.com (David
: Paigen) writes:

: > Whenever I set the line speed in kermit, either from
: > the command line with the -b option, or by using the
: > 'set speed' command from within kermit, the program
: > enters an odd state.  The cursor will wait at the
: > left edge of the screen and nothing happens until I
: > hit a ^C.  Then I see "^C..." and I get a kermit
: > prompt, "C-Kermit> "

: I don't know of this is connected to setting the baud rate, but:
: By default Kermit waits for a carrier detect signal when opening the
: tty.  You can switch it off with "set carrier off" or something the
: like (this is just from memory).

Try using cua00 instead of tty00 - it works for me !

cd /dev
sh ./MAKEDEV cua0

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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>

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