[Cialug] serial terminal

[David Champion]

James Shoemaker wrote:
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> David Champion wrote:
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>>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:
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>>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?
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> 	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 This has been replaced by newer and faster laptops running remote X over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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I'm using a 9-25 modem cable with a null modem adapter on it.

Looks like I need to create my one /etc/gettydefs file - there isn't 
currently one there.

-dc