shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > "minicom" probably does what you want. Install the minicom > RPM (comes with RedHat). Read about in > /usr/share/doc/minicom-2.00.0/doc. > This also installs xminicom, which just runs minicom within an xterm. > > Hope this helps, > -Bob Arendt > > Jake McHenry wrote: >> shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >>> Jake McHenry wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Telnetting to any of the /dev/ttyS* didn't work. >>>> >>>> Anyone have any other ideas? >>>> >>>> What is the uucp package? >>>> >>> >>> Telnet won't work through a serial port. If you do a man telnet , >> >> the >> >>> port it refers to is a TCP/IP port. cu will connect through the >>> serial port, and it will be like you are in a console window >>> without X running. >>> >>> The uucp package is on the RedHat disk #3 and does not get installed >>> by default. To see if it's installed on your machine, try: >>> >>> rpm -qa |grep uucp >>> >>> If it does not show up, install it from the 3rd shrike disk, and >>> you will have cu loaded. >>> >>> Are you trying to connect to the linux box from another linux >> >> machine, >> >>> or from a Windows box? You mentioned a phone system. Can you give us >>> more details on exactly what you are trying to do? Do you have to >> >> use >> >>> telnet? >> >> >> I currently access my phone switch from my windows server, which will >> be going to linux soon, so I moved the serial cable to the linux box. >> On the windows box, I used secureCRT, which allowed me to access the >> serial ports. Now I need a way to do it on linux. >> >> What is the uucp package? What else does it install? I don't >> currently have it installed. >> >> This is the first time I've tried to access a com port from linux, I >> just mentioned that I tried telnet, and it didn't work. >> >> Jake McHenry >> Nittany Travel MIS Coordinator >> http://www.nittanytravel.com Does anyone know how to use minicom? I have run it, and set up my com port, but it just sits there, still says Offline. I'm not using a modem, but I've tried the initialize modem, that didn't do anything. Anyone know? Thanks, Jake McHenry Nittany Travel MIS Coordinator http://www.nittanytravel.com -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
