Bob Beers wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Robert Moskowitzrgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
I have to reinit a firewall that can only be done from its console port, and I do not have an XP system with Hyperterminal on it.
So I went through the archive and learned that minicom could do the job for me. I installed it and went to configure it (minicom -s). I can set the speeds, but the challenge is selecting the serial device. I have a Serial-to-USB dongle, and when I connect it, the gnome hardware browser is showing a FIDI usb serial converter that was not there before connecting the dongle. But what /dev/thingee do I put into the minicom configuration?
Check dmesg, but for me it's usually /dev/ttyUSB0 when I use a USB-to-serial adapter.
Of course first I tried dmesg, and had to go through lots of output until the last lines said it is indeed ttyUSB0. Then I tried 'ls /dev/tty*' and there it was too. So I am on my way (I hope)...
thanks