Brian, At home I have a display and keyboard on the pi but at the office I was totally headless. I am not super familiar with Linux. The pi is my first Linux device ever. I will try to figure out this Getty for the m100.
—- Bill Miranda > On Jul 14, 2021, at 5:45 AM, Brian Brindle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > HI Bill, > > Glad you got it sorted in the end. A re-install would be my first direction > too. Typically ioctl gets upset for specific reasons, one of them being that > the initiation script for the PI didn't complete on it's first run, another > would depend on how the serial console was setup. > > I'm going to assume a lot from your email, but it sounds like this was > working at home with the M100 but not at work. The only difference would be > you had WiFI connectivity at home is what I'm gathering, so I'm wondering if > you were also SSHing to the Pi from a PC or other device? That would activate > a controlling console (the SSH session) and allow an incorrectly privileged > or configured to work. So maybe that was it? > > I would highly recommend setting up a USB serial port as a getty rather than > letting the configuration scripts place a console on it. That configuration > is OK with the UARTs present on the PI, but they are there always, the USB > devices are added later in the boot so you can get into a race condition > where it doesn't start right. > > I do hope it works for you, I have a blast using my M100 at work. I think my > most favorite time was during some required inservices at work. I knew I was > going to be stuck at a table all day so I wanted to have a good toy to play > with. The M100 is somewhat of a legend where I work, since I am the IT > director. I find that using a 30 year old computer as my daily driver and > being in charge of everyone's technology to really bother people, and I enjoy > that. Added bonus, the required inservice was on "Accepting Change". > > Brian > > >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 9:33 PM Bill Miranda <[email protected]> wrote: >> I started over with a new install of Raspian and that made errors go away at >> home. It will be curious how it works at the office. >> >> >>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 7:12 PM Bill Miranda <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The errors I am getting are as follows: >>> >>> -bash: cannot set terminal process group (868): Inappropriate ioctl for >>> device >>> -bash: no job control in this shell >>> Then it is not registering all my keystrokes on the Pi connected by the USB >>> serial cable that I got from Retrofloppy.com >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 3:48 AM Brian Brindle <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hey Bill, >>>> >>>> Weird, what sort of error is it giving you? That absolutely should work >>>> without any issues.. Dumb quesiton, do you have flow control enabled? >>>> (Last character on your STAT should be an E to accomplish this.) Sometimes >>>> that can cause this. Editing the wpa_supplicant file can be a bit of a >>>> challenge from the M100 with a traditional editor.. I do find it easier to >>>> either have my wpa_supplicant file pre-loaded, but there are options.. >>>> >>>> When sitting at your local coffee shop, scan for wireless networks. Run: >>>> sudo iwlist wlan0 scan to list the nearby networks. Do some fancy grep >>>> work or make sure you have your dot-matrix printer at the ready to capture >>>> it all. It's gonna scroll across the screen for the next 10 minutes, so >>>> sit back and enjoy your coffee, enjoy all the new friends you will make >>>> with your dot matrix printer screaming away - or alternatively just look >>>> for the wifi network on your phone. >>>> >>>> To add the config from the M100 and not use an editor: >>>> >>>> sudo wpa_passphrase SSID-of-WiFi-Here >> >>>> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf (Always make backups of the >>>> original files when on the M100! Easier to copy back than to try and edit >>>> with a tiny screen.) >>>> >>>> It should prompt you for the network password. Enter that and it will >>>> append the network to your existing wpa_suplicant.conf file. >>>> >>>> Then issue: >>>> sudo wpa_cli -i wlan0 reconfigure >>>> >>>> This will activate the changes. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps, >>>> Brian >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 12:38 AM Bill Miranda <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Brian your response was much appreciated. I am still having a problem >>>>> with my Pi. I got it working at home but then I took it to the office and >>>>> plugged it in but I thought I would be able to change the wifi from the >>>>> terminal connection. No joy. I guess I need to change the wpa supplicant >>>>> file at home. When I got to the office, the M100 can log into the Pi but >>>>> I get a bash error with every command, even something simple like "ls". >>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 9:43 AM Brian Brindle <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi Bill, >>>>>> >>>>>> I totally missed that you actually had your console working, sorry the >>>>>> systemd changes make me blind with rage. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you are primarily using BBSes X-modem works pretty well, if you have >>>>>> an X-Modem capable term on your M100. You can also send files to/from >>>>>> the M100 via the Linux command line with the sx (send x-modem) command. >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 8:15 AM Bill Miranda <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Thank you so much! Embarrassingly I discovered my problem was that that >>>>>>> I had to go into raspi-config and designate my country so the WiFi >>>>>>> would work. The packages I was trying to install on my raspberry pi >>>>>>> weren’t installing because no internet. Once I got that sorted and >>>>>>> made a couple changes to configure I was good to go and successfully >>>>>>> contacted a BBS with the setup. Now I need to sort out out to exchange >>>>>>> files. Thanks again for your response. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Bill Miranda >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 12, 2021, at 6:18 AM, Brian Brindle <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> HI Bill, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The divergence from systemd is frustrating but at last current versions >>>>>>> of Raspian still have ifconfig... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm using Raspian 10 here are my quick and dirty hints: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Get your termcap sorted: >>>>>>> https://zork.net/~octal/mod100.xhtml >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You will note that termcap doesn't exist like it should though, so save >>>>>>> the cap to a file and install it like so: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> tic <termcap-file> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I assume you are going to to the easy route and use a USB to serial >>>>>>> adapter. You can use the onboard UART with some level conversion as I >>>>>>> have done, but you have to get creative with the hardware. Check out >>>>>>> the photos of my M100 hooked to my pi zero here: >>>>>>> http://niedobry.com/mod100/tanpi/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Copy the template file /lib/systemd/system/[email protected] to >>>>>>> /etc/systemd/system/[email protected] (Provided you are >>>>>>> using ttyUSB0) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In [Service] modify the ExecStart line to say the following: (Adjust >>>>>>> your baud as you like.) >>>>>>> ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -o '-p -- \\u' 19200 %I trs100 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Issue systemctl enable [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Do a ps -ax | grep getty and you should now see a getty process >>>>>>> running on the USB port. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Connect your Model-T with a null modem cable to the serial port, set >>>>>>> your TERM to STAT 98N1E and you should be good to go. Lots and lots of >>>>>>> customization needed for it to be useful, I'm working on getting my >>>>>>> notes together on this and hope to have it somewhere for reference >>>>>>> soon. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hope this helps, >>>>>>> Brian >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 11:09 PM Bill Miranda <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Can anyone point me to current instructions on how to configure a >>>>>>>> Raspberry Pi so that I can connect my M100 as a serial console? I >>>>>>>> found numerous websites with instructions for older versions of >>>>>>>> Raspian which were pre-systemd. I was able to get the M100 to connect >>>>>>>> to the Pi after a lot of experimenting but I once I login I can’t get >>>>>>>> anything to work. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> Bill Miranda >>>>>>>> [email protected]
