bc@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (B.C.) (01/16/90)
I have been completely unsuccessful in using the programs "term", "zterm", and "kermit" with /dev/tty2. (Read: any program with /dev/tty2.) Whenever I run any of these under a standard AT 1.3 kernel, a bunch of garbage shows up on the screen and the system hangs (real hang, not ^F9 hang). Under Evans' protected-mode kernel I get a general protection fault (9) panic, followed by an immediate automatic reboot (I don't even have time to read the error message -- the code seems to indicate that I should have to press a key to reboot). I have changed the NR_RS_LINES constant to 2 in the file kernel/tty.h, thinking that that would help, but it did not. I checked the constants relating to the interrupt and port assignments, and they all seem to be OK. The programs work OK with /dev/tty1, though, except for the fact that this is a mouse. :-) I guess a workaround would be to swap the mouse and the modem, but since my port sizes are happiest (no adapters) the way they are, I'd rather find a real solution (not to mention I'd like to know what's going on). If anyone has a clue for me, I'd love to hear from you. If I get a deluge of new and unposted patches, I'll post the first one that works. Thanks, Ben Cox b-cox2@uiuc.edu