Sorry, I've no experience of Solaris on X86 processors/architecture so I can't really help any further. I used to run a terminal emulator on the Windows machine (Kermit or Reflections, or some other software which allows you to make your PC look like a serial VT100 style terminal. On a SPARC based work station/server, if there was no keyboard/monitor attached, it would look for I/O on its serial port with no further configuration, but I have no idea how you 'd do this on an X86 machine. Regards, Tim -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jani Kinnunen Sent: 03 January 2006 11:57 To: Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: Solaris 10 installation with braille display Hi, The machine on which I'm going to install Solaris has an x86-based processor. > connect a PC running Windows and a screen reader to > the Solaris box via > a serial lead What should I do to get this working? Probably I've to connect the two machines together with a null modem cable, right? Do I have to perform other tasks on the Windows machine so that the connection starts up? How about the machine on which I'm installing Solaris? What do I need to do? > you need to ensure that there is no "native" keyboard > > connected to the > machine so that it looks for I/O from it > serial port.> Do you mean the Windows machine? Regards, Jani Kinnunen _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list