From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA56266 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:17:46 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id KAA60354 for linux-list; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:16:18 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA62283 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:16:17 -0800 (PST) mail_from (shaver@netscape.com) Received: from netscape.com (h-205-217-237-46.netscape.com [205.217.237.46]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id KAA02461 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:16:16 -0800 (PST) mail_from (shaver@netscape.com) Received: from tintin.mcom.com (tintin.mcom.com [205.217.233.42]) by netscape.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA22438 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:16:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from netscape.com ([205.217.243.67]) by tintin.mcom.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.01 Dec 31 1998 03:21:10) with ESMTP id F705ET00.GAS for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:16:05 -0800 Message-ID: <36C31EC1.61242174@netscape.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:17:37 -0500 From: Mike Shaver Organization: Just Another Snake Cult X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.0-pre7-ac1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: serial console cable specs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk I have a DIN<->DB9 adaptor and a DB9 cable, but Something Isn't Right. I have it set to 9600 N81, and I set console to d2, and I can see the system menu when the machine boots. But I can't type anything at it. This is making it quite difficult to do anything with my machine, so I'm going to go get another cable. What does this cable need to be? Do I need a NULL-modem thing? How can I be 100% sure that a cable I purchase will let my Indy experience the joys or serial consoling? And, in the meantime, how can I force my Indy back to console=g? Mike -- 163795.99 137038.05