[lug] Finding a File

[Ferdinand Schmid]

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.

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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