[lug] Finding a File

rm at fabula.de rm at fabula.de
Fri May 7 02:35:35 MDT 2004


On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 07:17:42PM -0600, Ferdinand Schmid wrote:
> Just start it with minicom -f (man minicom will tell you more).  This will
> create a config file for you.  You can then use the Ctrl-A Z key combination
> to go through the menus.


Hmmm, shouldn't this be 'minicom -s' ? 

  hth Ralf Mattes


> Ferdinand
> 
> --On Thursday, May 06, 2004 06:42:42 PM -0600 Charlie Rose <ros5e at ISAaC.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > At 2004-05-06:17:20, you wrote:
> >> On looking at rpmfind, it appears that there is an rpm package named
> >> minicom.  It sounds as if it may not be installed.  To check, run:
> >> 
> >> rpm -q minicom
> >> 
> >> If it is installed, you can do
> >> 
> >> rpm -ql minicom
> >> 
> >> to see which files are included in the package.
> >> 
> >> If it isn't installed, use the media that you used to install Mandrake
> >> and install the rpm from there.
> > 
> > Many thanks, Hugh! I did what you suggested, found that it wasn't installed,
> > and then figured out how to get it installed. This went swimmingly, but when
> > I ran it, it came back and told me, "There is no global configuration file
> > /etc/minirc.dfl". It then told me to ask my SysAdm to create one for me. This
> > will be tough because *I'm* the SysAdm, and I don't know Jack about what I'm
> > doing. Here's hoping I can find some documentation on minicom somewhere.
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