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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!wa.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!uninett.no!news.powertech.no!adm.icenet.no!not-for-mail From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingo@icenet.no> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: How to get terminals to work? Date: 25 Mar 97 22:20:50 +0100 Organization: LNSF (Late Night Software Factory) Lines: 17 Message-ID: <751.7023T1340T2505@icenet.no> References: <6SzbJmx3o$B@rimki.toppoint.de><5gj5vi$oio@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <6T6eGp53o$B@rimki.toppoint.de> <6TEeqnYZo$B@rimki.toppoint.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: narvik23.icenet.no X-Newsreader: THOR 2.4 (Amiga;TCP/IP) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5706 In article <6TEeqnYZo$B@rimki.toppoint.de>, chrimek@rimki.toppoint.de (Christoph Rimek) wrote: >But the terminal still does NOT work, not even the slightest prompt to >be seen on the terminal. Only the "respawning too fast"-messages have >gone away. Just a thought: you *have* tried to "press any key" on the terminal, havent you? A few presses on the return key (not the enter key if this is separate on this Wyse terminal) should get you in touh with the login prompt if everything is okay. If not, connect a serial breakout-box between terminal and machine and check for traffic and correct signals. -- Torfinn - Thor 2.4 No:#1015 (msg. written 25-Mar-97 22:16:21) Email (home): tingo@icenet.no