Lindy Mayfield <Lindy.Mayfield <at> ssf.sas.com> writes:

> 
> Here I go not being clear enough again. Sigh.    My bad.
> 
> Literally, I have an HP 9000 server and the console is connected via a 9 pin
serial cable running 9600N81.  The
> Linux equivalent of Hyperterminal (I forgot the name, PPP-something) works
perfectly when I connected
> it via a null-modem cable and set it up for /dev/ttyS0.  
> 
> Minicom, though, which I can use via telnet, doesn't work. I couldn't figure
out how to make it say "Online"
> in the status windows.  Any hints?
> 
> There is no modem, just a null-modem cable connected from the device's 9 pin
serial to my pc's 9 pin serial.

Press Ctrl-Alt-O and set the handshake settings to correspond to what you need.

Then check that the cable asserts DCD when the remote asserts CTS. You may have
to put in a jumper. The DCD sets the 'Online' flag in minicom.

You can still use it without DCD (and even without handshake) but the 'Online'
flag will stay off. As it should. The remote carrier sense is the only thing that
indicates that the link is connected. The X11 program that you used likely lied
about it.

hope this helps,
Peter


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