Re: [leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-11 Thread Brad Fritz
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:57:27 PST Scott wrote: > Thank you Brad! That was the trick. I had to copy it from one of my > other linux boxes. However, it resided in /usr/share/terminfo/l. I put > it in the same place on my bering disk. It works like a charm now. I > wonder how people have mad

Re: [leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-11 Thread Brad Fritz
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 23:01:26 PST you wrote: > I am attempting to use minicom. When I type minicom -s I get the > following output: > > "No termcap entry for linux." This is a guess, but it sounds like TERM=linux in your environment but you do not have a /etc/terminfo/l/linux entry. You might

Re: [leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-10 Thread guitarlynn
On Sunday 10 November 2002 22:42, Scott wrote: > I don't see the signifigance of the information on this page. From > the page: > I'm sorry, but I still fail to see how the information at > http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/buconsole.html is going to > help me do this. Will you please enli

Re: [leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-10 Thread guitarlynn
On Sunday 10 November 2002 12:21, Scott wrote: > The link you sent me seems to be instructions for connecting to the > leaf box through the serial console. I need to do just the opposite. > I need to connect to a switch through the serial port on my leaf > box. Please see my other additional com

Re: [leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-10 Thread Scott
After install there was a file minirc.df0 which I copied to minirc.dfl and that didn't make any difference. I get the same output if I run minicom -s. The output is: Minicom WARNING: configuration file not found, using defaults No termcap entry for linux. I know the cable works because I used i

Re: [leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-10 Thread Scott
The link you sent me seems to be instructions for connecting to the leaf box through the serial console. I need to do just the opposite. I need to connect to a switch through the serial port on my leaf box. Please see my other additional comments which I added later. -Scott Jacques Nilo said: >

Re: [leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-10 Thread Jacques Nilo
Le Dimanche 10 Novembre 2002 08:40, Scott a écrit : > Hi, > > My leaf box is basically a little celeron on an intel mobo with a cdrom > and floppy. It has 1 serial port which I need to use to connect through > an EIA 232 serial cable to configure my switch vlan. /var/log/messages > shows on boot:

Re: [leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-10 Thread Scott
Sorry, just a little more information. When I run minicom from the command line I get the error:- Minicom WARNING: configuration file not found, using defaults No termcap entry for linux. - I tried installing the libtcap.lrp package but it didn't make any difference. -Scott Scott said: > Sorry,

Re: [leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-10 Thread Scott
Sorry, mistype. Replace "getty" below with "minicom". I'm using the one from thc. -Scott Scott said: > Hi, > > My leaf box is basically a little celeron on an intel mobo with a cdrom > and floppy. It has 1 serial port which I need to use to connect > through an EIA 232 serial cable to configure

[leaf-user] Connect to EIA 232 serial port to configure switch with bering

2002-11-09 Thread Scott
Hi, My leaf box is basically a little celeron on an intel mobo with a cdrom and floppy. It has 1 serial port which I need to use to connect through an EIA 232 serial cable to configure my switch vlan. /var/log/messages shows on boot: firewall kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A firewa