[lug] Minicom

[John Karns]

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Nate Duehr said:

> Or easier, just go into minicom's setup menu and point it at /dev/ttySx
> where x is the number of the serial port you want.
>
> Also, when you set up minicom for accessing serial devices, it is
> usually a good idea to turn off all the modem dialing strings it tries
> to use and modem init features so it doesn't send "ATZ" to your Cisco
> every time you fire it up.  Not that the serial device (Cisco, whatever)
> cares, but it is just a good idea not to have something typing
> "commands" to large network devices... heh.

as root:

>minicom -s -o

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John Karns                                        jkarns at csd.net