On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: > I know that under unix, one can attach dumb terminals (such as the Wyse 160) > to a serial port and then be able to use the dumb terminal as an additional > "workstation". > > Can that be done under Linux? How does one do that under Mandrake 7.1? How > do you get Linux to recognize it? Is there a man page? Have a read of the Text-Terminal HOWTO <http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO.html>. It's fairly easy to set up - you have to run a getty on a serial port by adding a line something like S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 19200 -r -i /etc/issue.net -D ttyS0 to /etc/inittab, just under where all the other getty's are listed. Then plug the terminal into the serial port using a null modem cable, and make sure the settings in the terminal match those you've set up in the Linux box. Tom
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