[ale] Trying to use minicom and get a console connection

[Gene Matthews]

No dual boot; different PCs.

I'm not at all sure the serial port is configured correctly (since I 
don't know how :-(   ).

# setserial /dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4



# cat /proc/interrupts
            CPU0
   0:     898219          XT-PIC  timer
   1:      11474          XT-PIC  keyboard
   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
   4:        157          XT-PIC  serial
   5:        360          XT-PIC  Allegro
   8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
  10:      11682          XT-PIC  Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card 
Cardbus Controller, Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 
(#2), eth0
  11:          0          XT-PIC  usb-uhci
  12:      77037          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
  14:      49614          XT-PIC  ide0
  15:      34772          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
ERR:          0



# ls -al /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw----    1 root     uucp       4,  64 Nov 13 11:54 /dev/ttyS0


I've been trying this as root.   Thanks......gene



Jim Popovitch wrote:

> Gene,
> 
> Is Windows and RH7.1 on the same computer (dual-boot)? If not, are you sure the
> serial port on the laptop is setup/config'ed to work?
> 
> Try these:
> 
>   setserial /dev/ttyS0  (verify IRQ and port#)
>   cat /proc/interrupts  (see existing interrupts)
> 
>   ls -al /dev/ttyS0     (make sure you have rw access, in case you aren't root)
>   
> -Jim P.
> 
> --- Gene Matthews <gene at mmc-inc.com> wrote:
> 
>>Any minicom experts around?  I'm trying to use my linux (RH7.1) laptop
>>and minicom to connect to a remote terminal server's console port.
>>
>>I can do this successfuly on Windows using HyperTerminal, but I don't
>>have it working on Linux yet.
>>
>>I have
>>
>>A -    Serial Device      : /dev/ttyS0  (I've tried ttyS1 also)
>>B - Lockfile Location     : /var/lock
>>C -   Callin Program      :
>>D -  Callout Program      :
>>E -    Bps/Par/Bits       : 9600 8N1
>>F - Hardware Flow Control : No
>>G - Software Flow Control : No
>>
>>for the serial port setup.
>>
>>
>>This matches what I was using for HyperTerminal (COM1, 9600 8N1 w/ no
>>flow control) and I'm using the exact same cable.
>>
>>
>>The cable is a cat 5 (plugs into the console port of the term server)
>>and a RJ45 to 9pin converter on the other side for the pc serial port.
>>
>>I'd appreciate any thoughts/suggestions.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Gene
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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