Re: LEDs on a Sheevaplug
Hello,
El 15 de febrer de 2011 8:20, Lluís Batlle i Rossell
<viriketo@gmail.com> ha escrit:
> Trying to list some problems of minicom:
> - It requires 'root' to run, for most useful things. The code is full of
> "if(getuid())", and requires some files in /etc.
zumbi@enorme:/tmp/minicom-2.5$ grep -nRH getuid *
src/minicom.c:1234: if ((pwd = getpwuid(getuid())) == NULL) {
About files in /etc, do you mean it just looks for /etc/termcap on the
wkeys code?
> - It always emulates a terminal, 'translating' the chosen terminal emulation to
> curses operations for the terminal you use minicom in. This emulation is quite
> minimal, and usually breaks unicode and disables any powerful terminal
> feature, setting a 'vt100' or so in the middlle.
Sorry I do not see the problem, maybe a misconfiguration on your side?
> - It's meant for MODEMs, and it's hard to get it working without a DTR signal in
> the serial port.
Disable hardware flow control (C-a O > Serial port setup > F)
> - It usually sends a Hayes sequence when starting.
Maybe you need $ minicom -o
> putty does a better job, but it still emulates a terminal. I imagine screen does
> so too.
>
> cu does not emulate any terminal, which for me is a great advantage.
Minicom is not so bad and it allows scripting to automate tasks, it is
very powerful tool.
Just to mention another application: 'seyon'
Cheers,
--
Héctor Orón
"Our Sun unleashes tremendous flares expelling hot gas into the Solar
System, which one day will disconnect us."
-- Day DVB-T stop working nicely
Video flare: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100510.html
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