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From: "sos" <sos AT sokhapkin DOT dyndns DOT org>
To: "'Petr Andrs'" <xtonda-konf AT quick DOT cz>
Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Trouble running agetty
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:07:04 -0400
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"man agetty":-) The terminal line shall have no /dev/ prefix.
"/sbin/agetty -L -T vt100 -n ttyS0 9600 ttyS0" works fine to me.

Sergey Okhapkin
Somerset, NJ

-----Original Message-----
From: Petr Andrs [mailto:xtonda-konf AT quick DOT cz]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 5:01 PM
To: sos
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Trouble running agetty


Yes, I did, as described below, when running terminal emulator on both
sides characters typed on one side are displayed on the other.

pa

On 4/29/2003 10:54 PM, sos wrote :
> Did you try to check the communication with Hyperterminal on NT side?
>
> Sergey Okhapkin
> Somerset, NJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On
> Behalf Of Petr Andrs
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 4:45 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Trouble running agetty
>
>
> Really nobody knows how to connect serial terminal into cygwin?
>
> pa
>
> On 4/27/2003 10:59 PM, Petr Andrs wrote :
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I want to use old PC with DOS as a terminal connected via serial null
>>modem cable to Win2K machine with cygwin. But when I launch agetty in
>>Cygwin and terminal emulator on DOS box I don't see anything in the
>>terminal and agetty quits after short while being completely silent. I
>
>
>>don't know what to do since there is no indication of problem, just
>>nothing happens.
>>
>>I tried following agetty configurations.
>>
>>/sbin/agetty /dev/ttyS0 9600
>>/sbin/agetty /dev/ttyS0 9600
>>/sbin/agetty -L /dev/ttyS0 9600
>>/sbin/agetty -L -T vt100 /dev/ttyS0 9600
>>/sbin/agetty -L -T vt100 -8 -1 -N /dev/ttyS0 9600
>>
>>COM1 port in both WIN and DOS box is set to 8N1 9600, when running
>>terminal emulators on both ends (Hyperterminal on Win and comit on
>
> DOS)
>
>>letters go through, so wiring is OK.
>>
>>Configuration listing is attached.
>>
>>pa



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