At 21:41 20/07/2000 +1000, Angus Lees wrote:
>i just keep triggering BREAKs when i plug/unplug serial cables and
>start/quit terminal programs - and they cause the whole machine to
>freeze until you wire it all up again and type "go".
Plugging or unplugging a serial cable shouldn't send breaks, switching on a
dumb terminal will send a break. For that reason you want serial lines
unplugged when powering on/off terminals. I suppose some terminal programs
may send a break when they start up also, though that sounds rather an odd
thing to be doing as a default action.. I actually like using cu rather
than minicom if i want terminal access to a machine through a serial
port. Nothing fancy, it's the 'ed' of terminal software.
Alexander.
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