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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!lynx.aba.net.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.seinf.abb.se!nooft.abb.no!Norway.EU.net!mcsun!EU.net!howland.erols.net!agate!chiuc From: chiuc@po.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Chun-Yang Chiu) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Setting up Dumb Terminal Date: 1 Sep 1996 16:26:33 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 15 Message-ID: <50cdfp$141@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po.eecs.berkeley.edu Hi: I have been trying to set up a dumb terminal(a PC running telix/telemate in actuality), and I am not getting any login prompt. I followed the direction on the FreeBSD handbook, and I do get a getty process on the serial port which the null modem cable is connected to. I am pretty sure that the connection is okay because I can use tip to talk to the dumb terminal. A previous post indicated that getty sleeps on DCD, and I think that could be my problem. However, I dont know how to check whether my null modem cable carries the DCD signal or not, and if it does, how to enable DCD in telix/telemate. (The telix status bar always says "Offline"..is that related?) So what should I do? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks!! - Chun-Yang