Serial Port Problems

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan D Niles" <dan at more.net>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:27 PM
Subject: Serial Port Problems


>
> More Dell 2950 woes.
>
> I use serial ports to manage my FreeBSD machines remotely.  I've never
> had any problems until now.  I've installed FreeBSD 6.2 on a Dell 2950.
>
> The install goes without problems over the serial port.  After the
> reboot, I get the typical:
>
> FreeBSD/i386 (test.host.net) (ttyd0)
>
> login:
>
> and I can log in just fine.  If I disconnect and come back later
> (sometimes), or if I hit return without entering a login name (always)
> it starts spitting out junk like:
>

Get a cheapie pci serial port card, plug it in, and see if it works any
better

Ted