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 LAA94094 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:41:13 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id LAA01621 for linux-list; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:40:27 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from soyuz.wellington.sgi.com (soyuz.wellington.sgi.com [134.14.64.194]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id LAA95820 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:40:24 -0800 (PST) mail_from (alambie@csd.sgi.com) Received: from csd.sgi.com by soyuz.wellington.sgi.com via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/940406.SGI) id IAA50137; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:40:15 +1300 (NZD) Message-ID: <36C332C9.DB6BCD82@csd.sgi.com> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:43:05 +1300 From: Alistair Lambie X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.5 IP32) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Shaver CC: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: serial console cable specs References: <36C31EC1.61242174@netscape.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Mike Shaver wrote: > > 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. > I have found some terminals (assuming that is what you are using) that require either DSR or CTS before they will transmit anything even with flow control off. Cheers, Alistair -- Alistair Lambie alambie@csd.sgi.com SGI Global Product Support SGI Voicemail/VNET: 234-1455 Level 5, Cigna House, M/S: INZ-3780 PO Box 24 093, Ph: +64-4-494 6325 40 Mercer St, Wellington, Fax: +64-4-494 6321 New Zealand Mobile: +64-21-635 262