--- David Stroupe <dstroupe@keyed-upsoftware.com> wrote: > Christine Ames wrote: > > > --- David Stroupe <dstroupe@keyed-upsoftware.com> wrote: <snip > >>I am trying to get a serial console working, but have too many > >>males and > >>not enough female connections...anyway that's another story. > >> > >> > > > > Heh...naw...I'm not gonna' touch that... > > > > > > > >>Any info that you could provide would be very helpful. > >> > >> > > > > Null modem cables rule! If you need more help with the console > > thing, let me know. > > > > I have one of these and have it connected...is there a way to > easily > force some data out of the port so that I can see if I have the > terminal > emulation software and cableing set up correctly? > > Thanks for the script too!! > > David > You've got two computers (your host, and your target) connected via a null modem cable plugged into, for example, COM1. To see if the cable has been hooked up properly, go to the target machine (for example) and type: cat < /dev/ttyS0 then, on the host machine send something to the serial port: cat foobar > /dev/ttyS0 Communication needs to work both ways. Reverse host/target in the example above and do it again to make sure. Harmony, --Christine __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
