26 Aug
2002
26 Aug
'02
8:23 a.m.
Is it possible to run a VT420 on my DEC 3000/400 (running Digital
UNIX 3.2) while also having the PMAGB-B graphics console?
IIRC, I cannot use serial port 1, since the I'm using the graphics
console... I have the VT420 (9600,8,N,1) hooked to the printer port, using a
DEC H8575-A REV B MMJ adaptor. All I got was a ~ (tilde) when I started it
up. I also have a H8571-E, and a H8571-F adaptors. Should I be using ones of
those instead, with a gender changer?
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26 Aug
26 Aug
9 a.m.
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:
Is it possible to run a VT420 on my DEC 3000/400
(running Digital
UNIX 3.2) while also having the PMAGB-B graphics console?
IIRC, I cannot use serial port 1, since the I'm using the graphics
console... I have the VT420 (9600,8,N,1) hooked to the printer port, using a
DEC H8575-A REV B MMJ adaptor. All I got was a ~ (tilde) when I started it
up. I also have a H8571-E, and a H8571-F adaptors. Should I be using ones of
those instead, with a gender changer?
If I understand what you want (a text login on the serial terminal,
in addition to the console on the PMAG-B?), you just need to turn on a
getty for the serial port. IIRC, there's a sample line in inittab.
Port 1 should be available as a tty login, even with the graphics
console. It just doesn't get turned on by the system.
Doc
9:04 a.m.
Doc Shipley wrote:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:
That's what I was figuring, just haven't had the time yet
(Paying job
takes priority :) to flip through anydocs or anything... Thanks for the
starting point, Doc...
Has anyone done this successfully? I'll let you know how I make out...
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Mac OS X 10.1 - Darwin Kernel Version 5
Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash
Is it possible to run a VT420 on my DEC
3000/400 (running Digital
UNIX 3.2) while also having the PMAGB-B graphics console?
IIRC, I cannot use serial port 1, since the I'm using the graphics
console... I have the VT420 (9600,8,N,1) hooked to the printer port, using a
DEC H8575-A REV B MMJ adaptor. All I got was a ~ (tilde) when I started it
up. I also have a H8571-E, and a H8571-F adaptors. Should I be using ones of
those instead, with a gender changer?
If I understand what you want (a text login on the serial terminal,
in addition to the console on the PMAG-B?), you just need to turn on a
getty for the serial port. IIRC, there's a sample line in inittab.
Port 1 should be available as a tty login, even with the graphics
console. It just doesn't get turned on by the system.
Doc
10:30 a.m.
David Woyciesjes wrote:
Doc Shipley wrote:
Cool... Well, lunchtime had arrived, and I had time to read through the
man page. Which provided me with enough info to add these two lines to
the end of the inittab file...
tty00:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty /dev/tty00 9600 vt100
tty01:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty /dev/tty01 9600 vt100
... and now I have 2 terminal sessions on my VT420, in addition to my
graphics console! Looks like I owe you a beer, Doc.
Now, for further playing on my part, to have the VT420 do the console
duties, that will probably require more fiddling in inittab, and at the
firmware level, too I presume. Or would hitting the S3 switch on the
back suffice? I'll have to shutdown and try that...
One oddity, though not a problem. Port 1 on the back, which becomes
console when there is no graphics present, shows up as tty01, and the
second (printer) port shows up as tty00. Not really a problem, as long
as I remember which is which when cabling things up and such...
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Mac OS X 10.1 - Darwin Kernel Version 5
Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:
That's what I was figuring, just haven't had the time
yet (Paying job
takes priority :) to flip through anydocs or anything... Thanks for the
starting point, Doc...
Has anyone done this successfully? I'll let you know how I make out...
-- Is it possible to run a VT420 on my DEC
3000/400 (running Digital
UNIX 3.2) while also having the PMAGB-B graphics console?
IIRC, I cannot use serial port 1, since the I'm using the graphics
console... I have the VT420 (9600,8,N,1) hooked to the printer port, using a
DEC H8575-A REV B MMJ adaptor. All I got was a ~ (tilde) when I started it
up. I also have a H8571-E, and a H8571-F adaptors. Should I be using ones of
those instead, with a gender changer?
If I understand what you want (a text login on the serial terminal,
in addition to the console on the PMAG-B?), you just need to turn on a
getty for the serial port. IIRC, there's a sample line in inittab.
Port 1 should be available as a tty login, even with the graphics
console. It just doesn't get turned on by the system.
Doc
10:46 a.m.
David Woyciesjes wrote:
David Woyciesjes wrote:
>
> Doc Shipley wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to run a VT420 on my DEC 3000/400 (running Digital
> > > UNIX 3.2) while also having the PMAGB-B graphics console?
> > > ...
> > If I understand what you want (a text
login on the serial terminal,
> > in addition to the console on the PMAG-B?), you just need to turn on a
> > getty for the serial port. IIRC, there's a sample line in inittab.
> > Port 1 should be available as a tty login, even with the graphics
> > console. It just doesn't get turned on by the system.
> >
> > Doc
Cool... Well, lunchtime had arrived, and I had
time to read through the
man page. Which provided me with enough info to add these two lines to
the end of the inittab file...
tty00:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty /dev/tty00 9600 vt100
tty01:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty /dev/tty01 9600 vt100
... and now I have 2 terminal sessions on my VT420, in addition to my
graphics console! Looks like I owe you a beer, Doc.
Now, for further playing on my part, to have the VT420 do the console
duties, that will probably require more fiddling in inittab, and at the
firmware level, too I presume. Or would hitting the S3 switch on the
back suffice? I'll have to shutdown and try that...
One oddity, though not a problem. Port 1 on the back, which becomes
console when there is no graphics present, shows up as tty01, and the
second (printer) port shows up as tty00. Not really a problem, as long
as I remember which is which when cabling things up and such...
--
Well, all I had to do, was to flip the S3 switch on the back, and
comment out the tty01 line in /etc/inittab file...
Now to dig around in the docs, because I'm curious about how to get
more system messages to show on the VT420 console now...
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2:47 p.m.
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:
Well, all I had to do, was to flip the S3 switch on
the back, and
comment out the tty01 line in /etc/inittab file...
Now to dig around in the docs, because I'm curious about how to get
more system messages to show on the VT420 console now...
That would probably involve setting up the VT420's /device in syslog.conf
with an appropriate logging level.
I am surprised that the >>>set console graphics|serial firmware command
was not involved, although I have not personally used that type of Alpha.
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27 Aug
27 Aug
4:52 a.m.
Paul Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:
I don't recall how old exactly this 3000/400 is, but the firmware
options are definitely fewer than, say, the DEC Multia which is a bit
newer. Basically, it seems like the S3 switch on this generation of
Alphas is the original version of the firmware ">>>set console
graphics|serial" setting. Maybe once they had more room, they were able
to add that siwtch to the firmware...
Just another observation... I have a LK401 keyboard on this 3000/400.
The [Shift][.] key combo in DECterm gives me the >, but here in Netscape
v4.08 (and also XTerm), it only gives me a period. Hmmm, odd. But I do
have the key that has does both < and >, which works in all 3
applications... Looks like the key mappings here in Motif need to be
tweaked.
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--- David A Woyciesjes
--- C & IS Support Specialist
--- Yale University Press
--- (203) 432-0953
--- ICQ # - 905818
Well, all I had to do, was to flip the S3
switch on the back, and
comment out the tty01 line in /etc/inittab file...
Now to dig around in the docs, because I'm curious about how to get
more system messages to show on the VT420 console now...
That would probably involve setting up the VT420's /device in syslog.conf
with an appropriate logging level.
I am surprised that the >>>set console graphics|serial firmware command
was not involved, although I have not personally used that type of Alpha.
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