Re: Serial issue

[Mark Hounschell]

Lee Revell wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 16:25 -0400, Mark Hounschell wrote:
>> Take it from someone who actually still uses dumb terminals every day,
>> any thing over 9600 baud still requires some kind of flow control for
>> reliable consistent operation. Software (Xon/Xoff) and or hardware
>> (RTS/RTS/DTE) flow control.
>>
> 
> Any idea why the serial console does not work at all with flow control
> enabled (regardless of whether the host runs Linux or another OS)?
> 
> Lee
> 
> 

Your cable is probably wrong.  Both ends have to be using the type of flow
control your cable is wired for.

Mark
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