[Cialug] serial terminal

[James Shoemaker]

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David Champion wrote:
> I'm attempting to set up a serial terminal on a linux box (just for
> fun), not as the main console, just as an extra tty.
> 
> I'm attempting to use the mgetty package on a Mandriva 2005LE (aka
> Mandrake 10.2) box. I've got it kind of talking but not totally
> correctly yet.
> 
> In my /etc/inittab I have this entry:
> 
> S1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 9600 ttyS0 adm5
> 
> In my /etc/mgetty I have this:
> 
> port ttyS0
>   direct y
>   speed 9600
>   toggle-dtr n
> 
> The terminal is still either displaying "baud barf" or nothing depending
> on various combinations of the serial port settings I've tried. I know
> it's talking to it :
> 
> Apr 18 22:16:28 localhost mgetty[20575]: data dev=ttyS0, pid=20575,
> caller='none
> ', conn='DIRECT', name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='dave'
> 
> So, my question is: what are the serial port settings (i.e. 8N1) that
> mgetty is expecting the terminal to be set to? I don't see anywhere to
> set those in the man page or config files, it only talks about the
> speed, which I have set to match the speed set on the DIP switches on
> the terminal. Is there a different getty that someone would recommend?

	When I did this 8n1 worked, though I had to enable hardware handshaking
because the linux box would overrun the terminal and cause screen
corruption.  I used mgetty and my terminal was a 8088 based laptop.
This has been replaced by newer and faster laptops running remote X over
802.11b.

	How is your cable wired?  Proper hardware handshaking connected?

James
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