On Saturday 01 February 2003 22:10, Frank Robers _ SOTL wrote: > Hi All > > Sorry for the posting. I have tried for two weeks to find my previous set > of Minicom notes but. > > Anyway hopefully some nice person will help. > > I have this computer connected to another computer by null modem cable. > This is not the first time for this so I know that the other computer is > working correctly but on this box I reinstalled the system after a major > screw up. Apparently that was when I lost my minicom notes. > > Anyways I have two serial port possibilities /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1. > If memory serves me correctly I used ttyS0 previously but either way I have > tried both.
IIRC, most distro's link /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS1 as default, or dont set it at all. > > The problem is that minicom does not see the serial port and I never > establish a connection. Either you dont have a link to the correct comport in /dev or its set pointing to the wrong device. If its com1 then do as root; cd /dev rm modem ln -s ttyS0 modem > > Again if I recall correctly I had to issue a command from the terminal to > initiate so that minicom would see the serial port but I can not recall the > command. minicom -s ? Set minicom up properly and make sure its now using /dev/modem, ? > > Damn I wish I had my notes back. > > Anyway hopefully some one will know what I am talking about and can help. > > Thanks > > Frank > -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
