Hi Roy check cts/rts settings, check stop setting, should be on. lower boudrate a bit, see what happens. Also make sure databits/stop-bit are properly set, and are similar. Also chek for serial cable being properly connected, but i dont think the problem is their. Cheers Szemir
On May 13, 2004 22:03, Roy Souther wrote: > I am so sorry to be asking this.I am working on an SCO 3.2 system that > has a serial terminal card with 8 ports and four are in use. This system > has been running for years. The DAT drive died and the BIOS battery was > dead so we shut it down to remove the DAT and replace the battery. When > we powered it backup the terminal did not work. Using these links > > http://www.tek-tips.com/gfaqs.cfm/lev2/3/lev3/20/pid/58/fid/1437 > http://www.aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/scotec6.html > > I was able to find that the serial card is /dev/tty3* with these ports, > tty3a, tty3b, tty3c, tty3d. I also found that the /etc/inittab had > tty3A, tty3B, tty3C, tty3D where off. > > When I start the terminals they don't show any text but the cursor > flashes. To test if the card was still working I disabled all terminals > by doing disable tty3a, disable tty3b... and so on. Then I did echo > "hello can you read this tty3a" > /dev/tt3a to each terminal. I found > the location of each terminal 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d. But the text would only > partly show up. Only the first 10 chars or so. If I send the command > again then the rest of the string that was missing from the first > message would show up. > > I have tried disabling all terminals then enabling the four that are > needed and rebooting the server but the terminals still do not work. > > If repeatedly enable and disable the terminals they will start to show > the first part of the /etc/issue before the login. When the text shows > on the terminals is seems fast. The baud rate is 9600. It just seems > like there is a buffer that is locking up. > > I cannot find any documentation that comes close to what this problem > could be. > > If anyone has had the horrible misfortune of working with SCO crap I am > sorry for you but could you please give me your advice with this > problem. > > > > Roy Souther > www.SiliconTao.com > > Changing the way people do business. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
