[aclug-L] Re: ttyS1=[alt + F4] [oh ooh]

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You're trying to do PPP over the connection?

There's no reason you shouldn't be able to... I just didn't know that's what
you were trying to do.

What you describe sounds like a possible IRQ conflict... Are you sure
nothing else is using the same IRQ ttyS1 is using (IRQ3 would be normal).

Also... are you using a null-modem cable, or a standard serial cable?

And are both ends attempting to communicate at 38400?  And do both ends
have at least 16450 UARTs (I would assume they do if they're 486's or
newer).


On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 02:42:11AM -0600, Michael Holmes wrote:
> I replaced iunittab :
> 
> ...
> 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 with
> 
> 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 38400 -r ttyS1 vt100
> 
> It sorta worked, but:
> ppp0 dials up but never connects, as soon as auto detect sync's up, it hangs 
> up.
> 
> the remote terminal will transfer 32 chr's at 36k and then wait 120 seconds 
> and
> then sends down another 32 character.  It took 40 minutes to download the top
> page.  the line is at 36k baud, but it waits forever in-between the packets of
> 32 characters, and I cannot connect to the internet now.  I may have tripped a
> lock file, but it should never dial out, not just hang up on connect.
> 
> PS: no one caught my y2k test!
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> 
> > Well, you can't really set a virtual console (Alt+F4) to go over a serial
> > port.  You can create an ADDITIONAL "virtual console" on the serial port.
> >
> > I've done this with mgetty before, and a null modem cable (you can also do
> > it with a modem or nearly any other type of serial device that connects to a
> > terminal of some sort).
> >
> > Just configure mgetty on ttyS1 (edit /etc/inittab, refer to the mgetty man
> > page for details), then use a terminal program such as Hyperterminal, Telix,
> > minicom, etc (depending on which OS your laptop uses) and log in as though
> > you were telnetting to the Linux machine.
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 07:50:58PM -0600, Michael Holmes wrote:
> > > I want to take my virtual screen 4 [ALT + F4] and give it to serial port
> > > 2 [ttyS1] to be a serial port.  Should I use uugetty or mingetty and
> > > what settings should I use.  It is important to me to use this remote
> > > terminal in another room.  I want to use the laptop on a serial cable.
> > > {in v-100}
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
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