Hi Ramesh, Are you sure you're using a null modem cable? ( http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/Equipment_Cables)
Also, I haven't tried ckermit, you may want to try using minicom or picocom. Power cycling after you've tried to connect. Mark On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Ramesh Karuppusamy <ram...@mpifr.de> wrote: > Dear CASPERites, > > We received our ROACH board from Digicom, and I am trying to get the basic > communication going. > > The Xport web interface shows up when I connect to 192.168.4.20, and I used > that to configure the serial interface to talk at 115200 bauds, 8N1. > However, when I connect a serial terminal (ckermit running on Ubuntu) and > restart the ROACH system, I see no activity on the serial port. > > I ruled out problems with the serial cable by short-circuiting pins 2/3 and > 7/8 to create a loop-back - this should simply echoed back what I typed and > it did. > > When I telnet to 192.168.2.40, port 10001, I do not see any uBoot prompt. > > Any clues on what is going wrong with this board? Do I have start all over > again and use a usbWiggler as described in > http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/ROACH_Bringup? > > cheers, > Ramesh >
