Re: minicom lockup

[miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)]

In article <cistron.000201bf10cc$a37cef70$9515fbd1@workstation>,
Paul McHale <pmchale@doubleesolutions.com> wrote:
>Bart,
>
>I had the same issue with minicom.  It didn't exactly lockup for me, it
>would refuse to access the port.

WDYM with "refuse to access"

>Or the port (device) would be
>unresponsive.

Define "unresponsive"

A few things to check:

- do not use the /dev/cua* devices. Use _only_ /dev/ttyS*
- make sure there is no getty running on the serial port (/etc/inittab)
- if you need a getty, use mgetty as that is the only one that
  knows how to lock/unlock the port properly

Mike.
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