Chris, this is correct behavior from minicom--and nothing wrong with switching consoles and killing the app, just not an elegant way to do it. If you get no key echo, then your default minicom settings are incorrect. If you're a long time user of computers, the interface would be familiar. It's a lot like the old telex program that most blind computer users were using ten years ago. Use Ctrl-A followed by O and then up and down arrows plus enter to get into the menus. Your first goal should be to get the correct serial port, baud rate, etc., for your modem device. When you've got it correctly set: at enter will return 'OK' Be sure to save the correct settings so you don't have to do this step again. To exit gracefully, Ctrl-a and then q for quit followed by enter on "yes" which is the default. Chris writes: > From: "Chris" <chris at mailvision.ath.cx> > > Greg, I went into minicom, but from there couldn't figure out how to get to > the point of typing in that string... all I got to was the screen that said > to hit ctrl A then hit z to get help... That screen to me, wasn't very > readable however... Dang, I finally had to switch to another console and > log in to root, and type killall minicom. > > That was the only way I found to get out of it. > > > Chris. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:35 PM > Subject: Re: Caller ID > > > > There is no caller ID program per say that I'm aware of. However, if > > your modem is supported under GNU/Linux, then you should be able to > > use minicom. In minicom, type "at#cid1", and if your modem responds > > with ok, then you're all set, and you should see caller info whenever > > the phone rings. > > > > Greg > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 02:06:06PM -0400, Chris Gilland wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there is a program that will run under Linux to use > my > > > 56k modem with caller ID? I just need something that when the phone > > > rings, it will pop up the phone number on the screen where then speakup > > > can read it to me before answering. > > > > > > > > > Chris. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
