[ProgSoc] FreeBSD serial login problem

["Murray Grant" <ligos@nospam.yahoo.com>]

Hi all,

I'm having some difficulty getting my new FreeBSD box to accept 
serial logins. The terminal software I'm using (crappy hyperterminal) 
doesn't receive any response from BSD at all. Misc technical 
details follow:

The control lines seem to be asserted correctly by both sides' 
hardware, with the acception of Carrier Detect (I'm a little 
suspicious of this, but it shouldn't matter for a hard wired terminal).

BSD's serial port is set using a "stty -f ttyd0 crtscts 115200", 
which doesn't generate any errors. Reading the settings back give 
results that appear OK (I can't quote them atm, I'm in win2k).

The getty is configured in "ttys" like so: "ttyd0 <path to getty> 
std.115200 on insecure". Again, nothing complains about this and 
sending init a -HUP spawns a corresponding getty. I've also tried 
starting a getty manually, with no success either.

The symptom is as metioned above; the terminal refuses to 
acknowledge the existance BSD (ie, BSD doesn't send anything). I 
noticed in top that the serial getty was in a "siodcd" state. Does 
anyone know what this state means?

Any help would be great :-)
Thanks

Murray Grant
ligos@nospam.yahoo.com  ICQ# 8607430

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