On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 01:35:47AM -0500, Nicholas Binder wrote:
> I have been trying to set up a serial terminal (wyse 60) on my netbsd 1.4.2
> firewall for quite some time. 
> I have even tried forcing one in the kernel (even though that's supposed to
> take console's place, from what I read) it was pretty straight forward
> getting it going in FreeBSD (/etc/ttys cuaa0 getty std.9600, etc) however
> trying to get it to go in Net has not worked for me. I'm trying to get one
> working on tty00
> it appears as though the getty is "picking it up" however I do not get a
> login (I hit enter on the wyse and it just goes down one line) I've messed
> with every setting I could think of. Is there something special to getting a
> serial terminal to come up ? I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this
> for me. Thanks.

Can you give us the line from /etc/ttys that you're using, as well as the
serial (especially flow control) settings from the wy60?

I can't compare to FreeBSD, but in NetBSD with the default tty00 /etc/ttys
entry, it wants carrier from the wy60.

You can set flags in /etc/ttys (See ttys(5)) to not require carrier if your
terminal or cabling set can't pass it. (A Wyse60 can, are you using a 3-wire
setup perhaps?)

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