Thanks Andrew. I tried hardware flow, software flow, both, and none. Still nothing. )-: -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of andrew kelley Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 4:55 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE]: Anyone with experience using minicom as serial console? press CTRL-A O for options, go to serial port setup.. Do you know if it has flow control? If it doesnt turn off the flow control and it should go on. (under ctrl-a o serial port) -- andrew -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist