On 1/26/14 1:22 PM, Jeroen Roovers wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:07:18 +0100
Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> wrote:
I'm pretty sure that I didn't changed anything in palo which is
PDC-console related and which would explain why you have such
problems. If there is a problem, then it might be because of kernel
and/or cable.
Yes, that seems to be the case. I initially assumed something might
actually reconfigure the serial port in the IPL, but I can't find any
evidence in support.
I think I am seeing two problems:
1) Pasting strings doesn't work on either the PDC console or the
IPL/Linux console.
2) Whereas typing on the PDC console works fine, even at some speed,
the same is not true for the IPL/Linux console, which lose many
characters along the way, and act as if the connection is
temporarily lost. Switching the client side terminal program
(I tested with minicom, picocom, screen) makes no difference.
Do serial cables deteriorate over time? :-)
Regards,
jer
--
Jeroen,
It is a possibility that the serial cable may be a problem, or there may
actually be a hardware issue with the machine itself.(Most of these
machines are pretty old by computer world standards) :-) Sometimes just
giving them a good cleaning with compressed air, and re-seating the RAM
modules will make a difference. Just a thought... ;-)
Dave L.
P.S. I live in an area where dust is a major problem, and I have to blow
the dust and crap out of mine about every 3 months or so. If I don't;
when it *does* rain around here and the humidity goes up, I get all
kinds of weird errors on some of my machines (the dust becomes
electrically conductive). I experience this a lot with my customers
machines too.
--
Dave Land
Land Computer Service xmechanic@xxxxxxxxxxxx
ICQ: 676030523
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