On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Ceri Storey wrote:

>On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:21:03AM +1100, Daniel Carosone wrote:
>> Try the "local" flag, you're probably blocking on open waiting for
>> carrier detect.
>
>Cheers, thanks a lot. I thought I'd tried that, but apparently not :)
>
>Just to clarify, the box will eventually be running headless. But for
>now, serial logins will come in handy.

Perhaps (as I did some time ago) you bought a so-called null-modem cable
from your local Maplin shop?  AFAIR, the one I got had *most* of the
connections you'd expect, but with one rather important omission:
nothing whatsoever connected to DCD at either end!  I returned it as
misrepresented goods.


Roger