Subject: Re: Serial Connection Problems
To: Beaker <beaker@myrealbox.com>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/02/2002 12:30:05
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 02:16:00PM -0700, Beaker wrote:
... 
> What I've tried so far:
> I've connected a serial cable w/ null-modem adapter (see below) between Parc
> port "A" & /dev/tty01 on i386 box, booted both up (Sparc has kybrd
> disconnected) and started kermit and typed 'set line /dev/tty01 ; 'set speed
> 9600' ; 'set serial 8n1' ; 'connect' but do not get a login prompt. Am I
> missing something?

Have you got a line like

tty01   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"  unknown on secure local
                                               ^^
in /etc/ttys on the sparc? I don't know about sparc, so I don't know that
tty01 is port "A"...

Cheers,

Patrick