On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 05:51:58PM -0600, John J. Boyer wrote: > Rafael, > When I changed the link at /dov/modem to point to /dev/ttyS1 Minicom > showed a sort of menu with the instruction to press CRTl-a and z for > help. So I dod that, pressed p for parameters, set them to 300n81. Good, that means your program is running. > However, minicom still won't create the /etc/minicomrc.dfl file. > Incidentally, it has an attrocious interface. Instead of just using a That interface is "block graphics", i.e. there is a frame around the text that pops up on top of the basic text. That's OK for people with good vision but I don't know if you can turn that off or not. > plain text interface it is doing something fancy. Anyway, it is > accessing the modem, because the modem is sending back instructions and > error messages that I'm familiar with. > So how do I get this beast to create its configuration file? Is your root partition mounter read write? I see no reason for root not to be able to write to /etc or any other partition for that matter. What happens if you try touch /etc/minicomrc.dfl That should create an empty file. Don't know what else could be a problem. > John > On Tue, 29 Jan > 2002, Rafael wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 03:45:28PM -0600, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > Janina, > > > This site appears to be mostly about a special card which they > > > developed, and the software appears to be designed to work with this > > > card. I'm just looking for a program that will work with the modem I > > > already have hooked up. Minicom keeps complaining about one thing and > > > another. There is no global minicomrc.dfl file, and if I try minicom -s > > > it won't do anything. I tried making a link to ttys1, but that doesn't > > > help. It just gives a different error message. > > > > You quoted ttys1, note it should be ttyS0 that's capital S. > > > > I just tested minicom on y system as root. The sequence to change the > > parameters is > > Ctrl-A z p a q > > > > Ctrl-A o (scrol down 2 lines for serial port configuration) where you can > > make changes. Under A is Serial Device : /dev/ttyS0 (on my system) > > E - Bps/Par/Bits : 9600 8N1 > > F - Hardware Flow Control : Yes > > G - Software Flow Control : No > > > > As root you should be able to create minicomrc.dfl. If you want to use > > minicom program you might need to change the ownership of /dev/ttyS0 to > > other user or chmod 666 it. > > > > If minicom doesn't work you may try program kermit. I used both to connect > > PC with linux to serial ports on Sun servers. > > > > > > > John > > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Janina > > > Sajka wrote: > > > > > > > John: > > > > > > > > Can you use the source available at: > > > > > > > > http://www.zapatatelephony.org/ > > > > > > > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I'm trying to set up minicom to work with a special modem for > > > > > communicating with the deaf relay service and with deaf friends and > > > > > customers. The modem is in serial port 2. The parameters are 300 baud, 8 > > > > > data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, half duplex. The 300 baud speed is > > > > > standard for this application, since people are just typing. When I do > > > > > minicom -s > > > > > as root, I get the message that it cannot find /dev/modem. So how do I > > > > > make this file? I am using Redhat 7.1. > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > > http://www.chpi.org > > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > > > > -- > Computers to Help People, Inc. > http://www.chpi.org > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rafael