Re: stty is braind dead or I am

[Paul Eggert]

"mark manning" <address@hidden> writes:

> stty -F /dev/tts/12 returns "speed 9600 baud" and some other stuff.
> yet when i connect that port to a cable going to a windows box
> running hyperterm i get NO data at all at that baud rate.  set
> windows box to 2400 and i get the transmitted data just right.

Most likely this is a problem with the kernel, not with stty itself.
You don't mention the operating system, but if you're using GNU/Linux
you can use "strace -o trace.file stty -F /dev/tts/12" and look
into the trace file to see why stty things /dev/ttys/12 is at
9600 bps.