OK, added:
S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100
Now, what terminal program or where does the output go to? I tried minicom
and it complains that ttyS0 is locked.
Marco
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: How to listen on ttyS0
>
> getty is the tool you want here. There generally is a line already in
> /etc/inittab that is commented out:
>
> #s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS1 vt100
>
> remove the '#", set the appropriate baud rate, and then save
> then run 'telinit q'
>
> HTH,
> Stew Benedict
>
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Marco Shaw wrote:
>
> > Will minicom 'listen' on a serial port? I don't want to actually talk
> > 'outwards', but want to configure a terminal on my Linux box to listen
to
> > ttyS0, so I can get the terminal from another headless machine.
> >
> > headless--->serial port-->null modem-->cable-->ttyS0-->Linux & get
console
> > from headless machine
> >
> > If minicom won't listen, shouldn't it at least echo output from the
other
> > system if I configure minicom to connect to ttyS0, then press <enter>?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marco
> >
> >
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