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From: mds@rich.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Mark D. Spiller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: HELP: serial vt320 on FreeBSD 2.0
Date: 25 May 1995 06:00:11 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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Message-ID: <3q16db$j1a@agate.berkeley.edu>
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Hi All -
I am having a slight problem setting up a "dumb" terminal
on a serial port with FreeBSD 2.0.
I know that I have the hardware right - When I try a
kermit to the machine (a vt320), I can type in the window
and see the characters appear on the vt (and vice versa).
So, I know that the connection is there....
The problem lies in when I try to get a login shell on the
vt...
I have tried to run "/usr/libexec/getty XXX YYY",
where XXX has been : std.9600, vt100, and various custom
configurations
where YYY has been : tty01 and cua01
I have tried this with and without clocal on.
I am sure that the devices exist.
Invariably, getty will start running, but NOTHING happens
on the terminal... I type, hit enter, etc... NADA.
I have checked the baud rate - both should be at 9600...
Is there something that I am missing that is obvious?
I have also tried putting it in the /etc/ttys file,
in an attempt to get it started on bootup, to no avail...
Thanks for any help that anyone can offer!
Mark D. Spiller
mds@ic.eecs.berkeley.edu