Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!vax6!sschnellm From: sschnellm@cc.curtin.edu.au Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Serial line problem Message-ID: <3190.26d0f2ea@cc.curtin.edu.au> Date: 21 Aug 90 00:38:01 GMT References: <3121.26cbfdca@cc.curtin.edu.au> Organization: Curtin University of Technology Lines: 32 In article <3121.26cbfdca@cc.curtin.edu.au>, sschnellm@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: > I have come accross a curious problem. I'm running a "stock" version > 1.3HP MINIX on an AT clone. So far I have had no troubles. > > Then I tried to connect a second PC to the serial line and set it up. > When I enter > > cat file > /dev/tty1 > > I receive the first character on the PC screen and the nothing. > There is no error in the connections, I checked that. I did enter a new > line in /etc/ttys which says > > 101 > > to create a new process for the new terminal. > > Can anybody help me ??? > > > > Marcus Schnell > I have not received any responses to the above question. I would like to know if this message got out there into the read world ??? CAN YOU HEAR ME ???? Marcus Schnell