gdb error

["Tom Kazakoff" <tomkaz@cruzio.com>]

I have built gdb as a i586-pc-cygwin x m68k-coff-bdm debugger.
When I type: target at the gdb> prompt, one of the options is cpu32bug, 
which is the debugger my board runs at startup, and that I can talk to via
HyperTerminal. The gdb is running under a cygwin bash shell on NT, service
pack 6a.

I type; target cpu32bug COM1 <ret>

I then get 4 errors that are;
get_tty_state failed: Not a typewriter
get_tty_state failed: Not a typewriter
get_tty_state failed: Not a typewriter
get_tty_state failed: Not a typewriter

Sometimes I just get one error which is:
Not a typewriter

and sometimes the system crashes, with a 
segmentation error.

I have used the   set remotebaud 9600
			set serial 1
commands prior to issuing the target cmd.

I cannot find any meaningful information in the documentation about
this.

Do you have any idea what this error means and how to fix it ????????

Tom Kazakoff