On 06/09/06, Tom Cosgrove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Edd Barrett 6-Sep-06 11:16 >>> > > > > Hiya, > > > > My work was chucking out an IBM serial console (infowindow II 3153), > > so I grabbed it to see if I could get it working with my boxes. > > > > a) Using my Sun Blade 100 the console works fine. As you probably > > know, most sun machines set the default console to the serial line > > (vt100 9600 8N1) if no keyboard is present. This is probably a good > > indication that the console is properly set up for vt100 emulation > > (?). > > > > b) If I plug in to my i386 -current box and modify /etc/ttys > > to run a getty on /dev/tty00 for vt100, nothing happens on the > > console. > > Then you modified /etc/ttys incorrectly. > > Unless you show us the exact lines you used, only someone who has made > exactly this mistake before will be able to help. Also, did you make > any changes to /etc/boot.conf? Are you trying to run a serial console.
I am not attempting to change the default console no. I still wish my other keyboard and screen to take this role. Also, when you say "nothing happens on the console" do you mean the > VDU screen? "console" in BSD means a specific thing: the console > device (which receives the white-on-blue kernel output, for example). I mean the console attached via serial device > If I set the device to /dev/cua00 I get a half arsed > > terminal. Passwords echo and theres no controlling tty so the shell is > > severely crippled. Apps like vi and top simply will not run. > > Dont use cua00, that is for dialling out. Running a termainl on a port > is effectively "dialling in" to the computer. Right you are. > I have seen similar problems by searching google/lists, but none > > have solved the issue. I have seen someone solve the issue by adding > > "softcar" onto the end of the ttys line, but alas this did not help. > > > > Can enyone enlighten me? > > > > Best Regards > > > > Edd > > You'll need to send a more detailed email to misc@ I'm at work now, but Ill follow this up when I get home. Thanks > > Tom > Best Regards Edd
