Curt

I am having a similar problem - while trying to attach a terminal to
the serial port on a 486. The 1.2 getty seems to wedge on the
port. This port was working without problem on 1.1 with this terminal,
and was OK with 1.2 until I cycled the power.

No problems with modems though (using Gert Doering's mgetty); in fact
a method I found to get the port working involved connecting a modem,
using tip to talk to the modem, and then swapping the cable to the
terminal (Wyse-60). The terminal was then OK until the next power
cycle. The /etc/remote entry I used was

        # Hardwired line
  tty00| Direct line on tty00:\
          :dv=/dev/tty00:\
          :du=0:\
          :br#38400:\
          :pa=none:

I then retried all of this on a Pentium and a different terminal
(still a Wyse60 though) and got similar results.

Summary-

        1.1 + *                         = OK
        1.2 + mgetty + modem(s)         = OK
        1.2 + getty + terminal(s)       = port locks
        1.2 + tip + modem/terminal      = OK

All ports recognized on boot and from DOS.

Cheers,

Rex
Curt Sampson writes:
 > 
 > On a couple of machines I've just installed 1.2 on, the serial
 > ports seem to be `broken.' As soon as I try to write to them (e.g.,
 > do a `cu -l tty00 dir' and type a key) I get `Input/output error'.
 > 
 > This doesn't happen on the built-in serial ports on my Asus 486SP3G.
 > It does happen on the built-in serial ports on an Asus Triton II
 > Pentium motherboard, and also on both a serial card and an internal
 > modem card on a rather old 486. We've tested the 486 under DOS,
 > and the internal modem card works fine there.
 > 
 > On all of the machines the com ports probe properly on boot.
 > 
 > Does anyone have any idea what might be going on here?
 > 
 > cjs
 > 
 > Curt Sampson    curt@portal.ca          Info at http://www.portal.ca/
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 > 
 > 
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Rex McMaster                       rmcm@ariel.unimelb.edu.au