Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-25 Thread Anonymous
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Aaron Smith wrote: > (also see http://www.arctic.org/~aaron/tips/freebsd-serial-console) Great page, thank you. One suggestion I have is that you make the distinction between getting a login prompt on the com console and getting the boot messages to display on the co

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-25 Thread Doug
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Aaron Smith wrote: > (also see http://www.arctic.org/~aaron/tips/freebsd-serial-console) Great page, thank you. One suggestion I have is that you make the distinction between getting a login prompt on the com console and getting the boot messages to display on the com

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-23 Thread Anonymous
Followup to my original post, and to the replies. I am now using kermit -- which works great (better than having to reconnect with cu all the time). I was able to get rid of the garbage (anytime output scrolled past the end of the screen[24 lines]), by using a different terminal program. I was

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-23 Thread Bill G
Followup to my original post, and to the replies. I am now using kermit -- which works great (better than having to reconnect with cu all the time). I was able to get rid of the garbage (anytime output scrolled past the end of the screen[24 lines]), by using a different terminal program. I was

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-23 Thread Anonymous
Hi, At 19:37 22/06/99 -0500, Chris Csanady wrote: >"Bill G." wrote: >> >> I got a serial console working on COM2, to which I have connected >> another FreeBSD box. I connect with 'cu' fine, but I'm running into >> a couple of problems which I haven't been able to find and answer >> for. >> >>

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-23 Thread Bob Bishop
Hi, At 19:37 22/06/99 -0500, Chris Csanady wrote: >"Bill G." wrote: >> >> I got a serial console working on COM2, to which I have connected >> another FreeBSD box. I connect with 'cu' fine, but I'm running into >> a couple of problems which I haven't been able to find and answer >> for. >> >> o

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
"Bill G." wrote: > > I got a serial console working on COM2, to which I have connected > another FreeBSD box. I connect with 'cu' fine, but I'm running into > a couple of problems which I haven't been able to find and answer > for. > > o When I connect, when the machine is first turned on, I g

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Chris Csanady
"Bill G." wrote: > > I got a serial console working on COM2, to which I have connected > another FreeBSD box. I connect with 'cu' fine, but I'm running into > a couple of problems which I haven't been able to find and answer > for. > > o When I connect, when the machine is first turned on, I ge

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
On Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 02:35:22PM -0400, Bill G wrote: > Aaron, > At 10:39 AM 6/22/99 -0700, you wrote: > >'cu' hangs up really easily. use 'kermit' (it's in ports) and the hangup > >problem will disappear. i tried to find an option to cu to modify its > >hangup behavior but to no avail. > > Pro

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Udo Schweigert
On Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 02:35:22PM -0400, Bill G wrote: > Aaron, > At 10:39 AM 6/22/99 -0700, you wrote: > >'cu' hangs up really easily. use 'kermit' (it's in ports) and the hangup > >problem will disappear. i tried to find an option to cu to modify its > >hangup behavior but to no avail. > > Prob

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
Aaron, At 10:39 AM 6/22/99 -0700, you wrote: >'cu' hangs up really easily. use 'kermit' (it's in ports) and the hangup >problem will disappear. i tried to find an option to cu to modify its >hangup behavior but to no avail. Problem 1 solved! Thanks. Kermit works great! >your second problem sou

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Bill G
Aaron, At 10:39 AM 6/22/99 -0700, you wrote: 'cu' hangs up really easily. use 'kermit' (it's in ports) and the hangup problem will disappear. i tried to find an option to cu to modify its hangup behavior but to no avail. Problem 1 solved! Thanks. Kermit works great! your second problem soun

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
'cu' hangs up really easily. use 'kermit' (it's in ports) and the hangup problem will disappear. i tried to find an option to cu to modify its hangup behavior but to no avail. your second problem sounds like it could be terminal sizing -- have you tried this with a default 80x24 window, set and e

Re: Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Aaron Smith
'cu' hangs up really easily. use 'kermit' (it's in ports) and the hangup problem will disappear. i tried to find an option to cu to modify its hangup behavior but to no avail. your second problem sounds like it could be terminal sizing -- have you tried this with a default 80x24 window, set and ex

Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
I got a serial console working on COM2, to which I have connected another FreeBSD box. I connect with 'cu' fine, but I'm running into a couple of problems which I haven't been able to find and answer for. o When I connect, when the machine is first turned on, I get disconnected twice during

Serial Console Wierdness

1999-06-22 Thread Bill G.
I got a serial console working on COM2, to which I have connected another FreeBSD box. I connect with 'cu' fine, but I'm running into a couple of problems which I haven't been able to find and answer for. o When I connect, when the machine is first turned on, I get disconnected twice during