[comp.unix.aix] terminal on RS6000

zdenko@mbpt.rice.edu (zdenko tomasic) (04/21/91)

We are running 3.1 AIX on model 530 and cannot get terminal to work
on s1 serial port. The smit entries seem to be correctly set (enable,
9600 bps, 8 bits, 1 stop etc.). Getty is running, yet there is no
login prompt and /etc/security/users and /etc/security/login.cfg
look reasonable. The most I got was echo of the stuff typed at the
terminal, but no action. When I tried to echo "hello" >/dev/tty0
as root, nothing came to terminal and command never returned.
At the interupt (^C), there was message(from ksh or /bin/echo)
that /dev/tty0 could not be created.
The /dev/tty0 is alredy there and I tried to delete it and recreate
it through smit.  The behavior did not change.  Am I missing
something or is it a well known problem with 3.1 drivers?
tnx.
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torre@msa3b.UUCP (Patrick Torre) (04/24/91)

zdenko@mbpt.rice.edu (zdenko tomasic) writes:

>We are running 3.1 AIX on model 530 and cannot get terminal to work
>on s1 serial port. The smit entries seem to be correctly set (enable,
>9600 bps, 8 bits, 1 stop etc.). Getty is running, yet there is no
>login prompt and /etc/security/users and /etc/security/login.cfg
>look reasonable. The most I got was echo of the stuff typed at the
>terminal, but no action. When I tried to echo "hello" >/dev/tty0
>as root, nothing came to terminal and command never returned.
>At the interupt (^C), there was message(from ksh or /bin/echo)
>that /dev/tty0 could not be created.
>The /dev/tty0 is alredy there and I tried to delete it and recreate
>it through smit.  The behavior did not change.  Am I missing
>something or is it a well known problem with 3.1 drivers?
>tnx.
>--

try using a null modem.


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sma@devcom.com (Steve Adams) (04/27/91)

torre@msa3b.UUCP (Patrick Torre) writes:

>zdenko@mbpt.rice.edu (zdenko tomasic) writes:

>>The /dev/tty0 is alredy there and I tried to delete it and recreate
>>it through smit.  The behavior did not change.  Am I missing
>>something or is it a well known problem with 3.1 drivers?

>try using a null modem.

The RS/6000 needs to have DSR high, so this could be part of the problem. 

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