Re: [expert] How to use a Wyse "dumb" terminal

[Jeff Malka]

Thank you very much.  I will work on it.

Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user  183185

- Original Message -
From: Tom Massey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: expert mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:54 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] How to use a Wyse "dumb" terminal


> On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Jeff Malka wrote:
>
> > I know that under unix, one can attach dumb terminals (such as the Wyse
160)
> > to a serial port and then be able to use the dumb terminal as an
additional
> > "workstation".
> >
> > Can that be done under Linux? How does one do that under Mandrake 7.1?
How
> > do you get Linux to recognize it?  Is there a man page?
>
> Have a read of the Text-Terminal HOWTO
> <http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO.html>. It's fairly easy
> to set up -  you have to run a getty on a serial port by adding a line
> something like
>
> S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 19200 -r -i /etc/issue.net -D ttyS0
>
> to /etc/inittab, just under where all the other getty's are listed. Then
> plug the terminal into the serial port using a null modem cable, and make
> sure the settings in the terminal match those you've set up in the Linux
> box.
>
> Tom
>
>
>






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Re: [expert] How to use a Wyse "dumb" terminal

[Tom Massey]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Jeff Malka wrote:
 
> I know that under unix, one can attach dumb terminals (such as the Wyse 160)
> to a serial port and then be able to use the dumb terminal as an additional
> "workstation".
> 
> Can that be done under Linux? How does one do that under Mandrake 7.1?  How
> do you get Linux to recognize it?  Is there a man page?

Have a read of the Text-Terminal HOWTO
. It's fairly easy
to set up -  you have to run a getty on a serial port by adding a line
something like

S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 19200 -r -i /etc/issue.net -D ttyS0

to /etc/inittab, just under where all the other getty's are listed. Then
plug the terminal into the serial port using a null modem cable, and make
sure the settings in the terminal match those you've set up in the Linux
box.

Tom




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