In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have some old computers that I would like to use as dumb terminals. I > was wondering if someone could point me to a good howto or faq on how to > set this up or perhaps give me some tips and or help.
Among a zillion other things this is covered in the Serial-HOWTO, which you probably have on your system as /usr/doc/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.gz. You need a terminal program on the computer you want to use as a terminal. Connection by a null-modem cable. Actual configuration on the Linux host side is trivial. You need to tell init(8) to spawn a getty on that particular serial port. Enter an appropriate entry in /etc/inittab. There's an example there. E.g., I use: T6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -hL ttyS6 38400 vt320 -L tells getty that this is a local line, i.e. not connected to a modem, -h tells it to use RTS/CTS flow control (not required but recommended). Then there's the serial port, which is probably ttyS0 or ttyS1 unless you have a multi-port card, the speed and terminal type. For the latter two, use what your dumb terminal (or emulation thereof) supports. After editing /etc/inittab you need to tell init(8) to re-read its configuration file. The "telinit q" command will do this. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] See another pointless homepage at <URL:http://home.pages.de/~naddy/>. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
