Subject: Re: adding a terminal to a 5100
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Ashley Campbell <ponty@shellyeah.org>
List: port-pmax
Date: 03/01/1999 20:21:28
Thanks for the help.

I actually got ot to work because I forgot to restart init. All is well
now.

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Jonathan Stone wrote:

> In message <Pine.GSO.3.96.990301195840.18176A-100000@zippy.shellyeah.org>Ashley
>  Campbell writes
> >I am trying to add a wyse wy-30 to my decstation 5100/125, and am not
> >having much luck so far.
> >
> >I have set the terminal to 9600 baud, and have modified the /etc/ttys file
> >accordingly. Now when I turn it on, the DECstation drops to a debugger
> >prompt. I 'continue' and nothing happens.
> 
> Almost all the "terminals" I've set up on DECstations are other
> workstations running X11, xterm, and tip/cu.  That works.
> 
> Which serial port are you using on the DECstation and what kind of
> console is it set up for? Entering the debugger on a break
> (power-cycling can cause a break) sounds like you're hooked up to the
> port beside the reset switch, and that port is set up as serial
> console.
> 
> If you acutally see a "db>" prompt on your terminal, the fix is to use
> the other serial bulkhead and to start a getty on the other one of
> ttya or ttyc (i forget which).
> 
> >Is there any documentation for it? I looked in the FAQ, and it says to
> >refer to the man pages, but they haven;t been too helpful so far.
> 
> what kind of documentation, and for what?
>