gorpong@ping.UUCP (Gordon C. Galligher) (11/21/89)
I have two problems, the first one is a new one (I think), the second will be preceded by a ^L so you can hit 'n'. HARDWARE: 80386 SOFTWARE: Interactive UNIX 386/ix Version 2.0.1 I have a 386 box from SCI Technology which comes equipped with two COM: ports. Originally, I had mistakenly disabled COM2 with a dip-switch. I installed UNIX and then changed the dip switch to re-enable COM2. The problem is, 386/ix doesn't recognize it. When I try to access it, or whatever, I get the "/dev/tty01: no such device or address" error. Can anyone send me a pointer as to what is wrong. Does something have to be changed in UNIX to recognize this, or is it supposed to be "automatic". PLEASE RESPOND BY EMAIL TO: ...uunet!telxon!ping!gorpong DON'T POST, I WON'T GET IT! (Out of inodes in news partition) Which brings me to my next problem.... OK, just hit 'n' right now if you're tired of these inode threads which propagate the net so often. HARDWARE: 80386 SOFTWARE: Interactive UNIX 386/ix version 2.0.1 NEWS-SW : B-news version 2.11 DISK : Standard Type 2 20 Megabyte hard drive (just for news) About a month ago when the last thread of the Inode fixes came on the net I didn't have a 386, and wasn't running news so I didn't bother to save it :-(. My MOST HUMBLE apologies for all of you for bringing this up AGAIN, so I ask that those of you who have applied patches to fix this, if you could please E-MAIL ONLY to me those fixes, I would greatly appreciate it! If there are others of you who would also like this patch, then send mail to me, and as soon as I get the responses, I'll immediately (if not sooner) send it to you! I understand that you may want a response quicker, but I don't feel it is necessary to burden the entire net just to rehash this age-old problem. If I had any sense of intelligence, I would have saved them earlier, but then hindsight is ALWAYS 20/20! Thank you VERY much for your response to either of these problems. I really appreciate it. -- Gordon. ....!uunet!telxon!ping!gorpong
gorpong@ping.UUCP (Gordon C. Galligher) (11/22/89)
In article <377@ping.UUCP>, gorpong@ping.UUCP (Gordon C. Galligher) writes: > I have two problems, the first one is a new one (I think), the second will > be preceded by a ^L so you can hit 'n'. > HARDWARE: 80386 > SOFTWARE: Interactive UNIX 386/ix Version 2.0.1 [....problems with accessing com2] Thanks to all of you who responded, I was able to fix the COM2 problem by modifying the file: /etc/conf/sdevice.d/asy file and adding a line: asy Y 1 7 1 3 2f8 2ff 0 0 and followed this by a kconfig to build a new kernel based on this change. All of this went through with no problems, but when I then tried to access this serial port by a terminal hard-wired to that one, I had a few problems. I get the "Welcome to the INTERACTIVE ...." message and it then waits for me to type in my login name. I type in 'gorpong' followed by return, and the disk whirrs a little and it gives me the GETTY again. I do a ps -ef just at the same time I hit <RETURN> on the terminal and I see a 'login gorpong' process attached to that terminal. Therefore, it seems that the login program is hanging up before it is asking for the password. What have I done wrong? I'm sure this is all in the manual, but my eyes are so bloodshot right now from reading them, I'm glossing over the important parts (anyone see Andromeda Strain lately? ;-) I apologize for wasting the bandwidth on something which I am too ignorant to figure out, but I cannot figure it out, I cannot find the answer, and I've queried the net on quite a few occasions and it has yet to let me down. Thank you very much for any help you can give me. I really appreciate it. -- Gordon. ...!uunet!telxon!ping!gorpong