Bob Beers wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Robert Moskowitz<rgm at 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