On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 11:01:02PM +0100, mal content wrote: > Hello. > > I'm trying to connect to a Sun Ultra 5 from my OpenBSD > laptop (a thinkpad) but I'm currently stuck. I have next to > no experience with serial communications, so I'm groping > around in the dark currently. > > I have a serial cable with a null modem adapter connected > to the DB9 serial port on my laptop and the DB25 A serial > port on the Sun. > > I'm using minicom, at 9600 baud and using the /dev/tty00 > device. Instead of using minicom, can you try:
# cu -l /dev/cua00 This works fine (here) from and to a Blade 100/SS4/SGI 02. > > When I switch on the Sun, I'm told that I should get some > console output and then the usual ok> prompt. I actually > get a lot of control characters and binary gibberish. > > Where exactly do I start with troubleshooting? The cable > doesn't seem to be at fault, so I'm assuming that the > problem is software related. > > cheers, > MC Cheers, Jasper -- Humppa is a serious thing!
