Re: serial console install issues
On 4/11/21 8:37 PM, Richard Hector wrote:
On 11/04/21 11:51 am, Richard Hector wrote:
Then finally, I can't remember how, I discovered that it didn't like
displaying on a 24-line terminal, which most of the terminals I tried
default to.
With a 25-line terminal, it all seems useable - and Minicom mostly
displays it ok too (not quite right; the blue box isn't quite drawn
properly, and seems too low on the screen?
I'm not sure where I got the idea that minicom was displaying a blue
box; I think I was mistaken and still using screen.
Using Minicom, I found I have to use a 26-line terminal, because
Minicom displays a status line, so a 25-line terminal only leaves 24
lines usable, and the same problems remain.
Minicom also doesn't display the line-drawing characters correctly,
and I don't see any difference between selected and unselected lines
in Syslinux, so I have to select the right option by counting keypresses.
Loading the mc.pc8 (rather than .mcpc8 as referred to in the manpage)
didn't help.
Minicom is also a pain because it assumes the existence of a modem,
and tries to initialise it on startup - I got rid of all the modem
control strings, which works - but really screen is much easier.
That's probably worth mentioning in the Installation Guide.
I haven't (this time) tried cu (seems to need a config file or
something in advance) or any other options. seyon looks likes it needs
a lot of setup too.
This has gone back and forth quite a bit, so not sure where you are at,
but....
I use the following with a USB dongle:
screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
Screen is superior to minicom.
There is probably something similar when using the serial port directly.
I've always had problems with funny characters and such, it comes down
to BIOS settings in the target device, as well as emulator set in
screen. I've never really had problems with 24 or 25 line issues.
Maybe because of used putty or screen as the app for interaction.
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