SUMMARY: strange message on console

From: Pablo Ruiz (ruiz@babbage.csee.usf.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 19 1996 - 10:57:55 CDT


Thanks for all your tips:

Guy Cole <guycole@netcom.com>
Petros Michalis <ramsay.sbi.com!petros@dpg.rnb.com>
<Glenn.Satchell@uniq.com.au>
Andrew Foote <acf@nabaus.com.au>
<stern@sunrise.East.Sun.COM>
Jens Fischer <jefi@kat.ina.de>
Trupti Mander <tmander@classics.bellcore.com>
David Procter <daveyp@dcd.pcd.sony.co.uk>
Alan Hill <ahill@lanser.net>
Fedor Gnuchev <qwe@ht.eimb.rssi.ru>

Here is the answer:

>zs0 (see man zs) is the serial port A (/dev/term/a).
>
>data is coming in on this port faster than the driver can handle it.
>Possibly mismatched port speeds ?

I have a serial printer connected to serial port A. The printer baud rate
is setup to handle 38400 bps, but the serial port was setup for 9600.

Now, how do I increase serial port A to handle 38400 bps. Do I need to
use /usr/sbin/eeprom utility or the lpadmin?

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