terminal null-modem serial/console

Tresi Arvizo tarvizo at mit.edu
Mon Oct 20 16:47:32 EDT 2003


Thereabout 10:21 on Monday, 20 October 2003, Bill Holt wrote:
> hello,
> I have been trying to use agetty, mgetty, minicom and I can't seem to login to my device, what is the proper command structure and what if any files (/etc/inittab?) do I have to config? 
> linux->serial->nullmodem->serial->device
> thanks for any ->'s ;)

What device are you connecting to?  I can't tell if you're having
problems in getting a working serial connection or problems in setting
up a *getty to listen to login requests on the other end.

I use kermit to talk to my sparc from an x86 linux box.  The following
.kermrc sets up the serial port and connects me automatically to the
sparc's console:

set line /dev/ttyS0
set sp 9600
set carrier-watch off
set terminal autodownload off
c

Tresi Arvizo



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