On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Tran's family wrote:
> I can't know the difference between ttyS1, cua1, and tty1 in my /dev
> directory .
The /dev/ttyS0 is equivalent to the COM1 port. /dev/cua0 is also
equivalent to COM1 and is supposed to be dropped someday. It was a
dumb idea to start with and has caused a lot of problems. Avoid using
it if possible.
/dev/tty0 is a console (screen display) that is accessed by pressing
the <ALT><F1> keys. <ALT><F2> can access /dev/tty1. Normal kernels
will provide separate consoles for <ALT><F1> to <ALT><F6>. You can
have separate processes running on each console and it will continue
to run even though you change to another console (screen).
If you have X11 running, entering <ALT><F1> twice will get you back to
the /dev/tty0 display. You can return to X11 with <ALT><F7>.
Read my 'serial_suite.tgz'. This is a collection of blurbs about the
care and feeding of the serial ports and some simple programs. There is
a file demonstrating how the lock files should be programmed. There
is a simple getty, a dialer for ppp connections and some other misc
programs.
Via ftp:
ftp scicom.alphacdc.com
Login as "anonymous" then use your full e-mail address as the password.
For me, that is '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
cd pub/linux
or:
URL ftp://scicom.alphacdc.com/pub/linux
vern
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