aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Daiv Stoner) (06/01/90)
I'm trying to hook a terminal to the "COM2" port of a Xenix box running SCO XENIX 386. I assumed this was /dev/tty2a, but I keep getting errors from getty that say something like: can't open /dev/tty2a: errno 6 the /dev list for tty2a looks like this: crw-rw-rw- 1 bin bin 5, 8 Apr 5 15:47 tty2a I can't figure out where to find these error numbers, or what errno 6 is, or how to fix it. Can anyone help? Thanx in advance. -- Daiv Stoner +===============================================+ aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu | I work for the Gov't. If I want your opinion | oinxds@ria-emh1.army.mil | I'll ask you to fill out the necessary forms. | +===============================================+ Disclaimer: The Dept. of Defense doesn't even know what I'm doing.
aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Daiv Stoner) (06/02/90)
To cliff@cjbsys: Thanx for your info about "haltsys" vs. "shutdown". I tried to respond via email, but my mailer puked. -- Daiv Stoner +===============================================+ aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu | I work for the Gov't. If I want your opinion | oinxds@ria-emh1.army.mil | I'll ask you to fill out the necessary forms. | +===============================================+ Disclaimer: The Dept. of Defense doesn't even know what I'm doing.
wht@n4hgf.uucp (Warren Tucker) (06/02/90)
In article <1990May31.202702.22392@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Daiv Stoner) writes: >I'm trying to hook a terminal to the "COM2" port of a Xenix box running >SCO XENIX 386. I assumed this was /dev/tty2a, but I keep getting errors >from getty that say something like: >can't open /dev/tty2a: errno 6 From /usr/include/sys/errno.h: ENXIO 6 No such device or address which means the system when it came up did not find a physical device to hook to tty2a. When the system starts up, is there a line on the start up screen for each of two serial lines? > >the /dev list for tty2a looks like this: >crw-rw-rw- 1 bin bin 5, 8 Apr 5 15:47 tty2a File 'tty2a' can exist /dev without the physical device being present. Check IRQ and/or device address strapping on the com card. Something is wrong in Hardwareville. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Tucker, TuckerWare gatech!n4hgf!wht or wht%n4hgf@gatech.edu Any perceptible delay will eventually get on your nerves. --Bob Hyers