Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-03 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: > On 8/3/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >> >> My "agenda" (if you need to call it that) is simply to understand how >> IPCop and debian might be related, which was triggered by your statement: > > Well there's a Freelance project related to migrating to a newer > kernel sources (usin

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-03 Thread Lisa Kachold
On 8/3/09, Eric Shubert wrote: > Lisa Kachold wrote: >> Eric Please! >> >> On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >>> Lisa Kachold wrote: On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: > Lisa Kachold wrote: >> On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Quoting: >>> > sudo apt-

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-03 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: > Eric Please! > > On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Lisa Kachold wrote: >>> On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: Lisa Kachold wrote: > On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Quoting: >> sudo apt-get install pico<< >> If I'm reading th

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
Eric Please! On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: > Lisa Kachold wrote: >> On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >>> Lisa Kachold wrote: On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Quoting: > >>> sudo apt-get install pico<< > If I'm reading this right, the editor in question r

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: > On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Lisa Kachold wrote: >>> On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: Quoting: >> sudo apt-get install pico<< If I'm reading this right, the editor in question resides on the box he's diddling with, NOT the Ubun

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
On 8/2/09, Eric Shubert wrote: > Lisa Kachold wrote: >> On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Quoting: >>> > sudo apt-get install pico<< >>> If I'm reading this right, the editor in question resides on the box >>> he's diddling with, NOT the Ubuntu box. So unless the router

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-02 Thread Lisa Kachold
On 7/31/09, Ryan Rix wrote: > On Fri 31 July 2009 7:19:28 pm Lisa Kachold wrote: >> On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Quoting: >> >>>sudo apt-get install pico<< >> > >> > If I'm reading this right, the editor in question resides on the box >> > he's diddling with, NOT the U

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-08-02 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: > On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Quoting: >> sudo apt-get install pico<< >> If I'm reading this right, the editor in question resides on the box >> he's diddling with, NOT the Ubuntu box. So unless the router he's >> configuring is running a Debian

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-07-31 Thread Ryan Rix
On Fri 31 July 2009 7:19:28 pm Lisa Kachold wrote: > On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Quoting: > >>>sudo apt-get install pico<< > > > > If I'm reading this right, the editor in question resides on the box > > he's diddling with, NOT the Ubuntu box. So unless the router he's

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-07-31 Thread Lisa Kachold
On 7/31/09, Jim March <1.jim.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Quoting: > >>>sudo apt-get install pico<< > > If I'm reading this right, the editor in question resides on the box > he's diddling with, NOT the Ubuntu box. So unless the router he's > configuring is running a Debian family OS (unlikely, right

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-07-31 Thread Michael Butash
There is a version of putty for linux as well (apt-get install putty) that might prove a bit more friendly. As far as I know it's a mirror of the win32 version. I just dislike putty on any platform, but spend quite a bit of time consoled into network gear, and minicom has typically most always wo

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-07-31 Thread Jim March
Quoting: >>sudo apt-get install pico<< If I'm reading this right, the editor in question resides on the box he's diddling with, NOT the Ubuntu box. So unless the router he's configuring is running a Debian family OS (unlikely, right?) this won't work :). -

Re: Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-07-31 Thread Lisa Kachold
Solutions: 0) Use nano's ESC ESC o function: http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.1/nano.html#Special-Functions 1) Alternate editor: # sudo apt-get install pico Use pico and Control X (save and exit). Use pico and ESC ESC o 2) Set up a serial console: http://www.howtoforge.com/setting_up_a_seri

Serial Port Terminal Emulation problems in Ubuntu

2009-07-31 Thread Mike Bushroe
I am using Ubuntu at work, were connect to a Linux based Ether switch/router both by serial port and by telnet. When I use the default terminal emulation program in Ubuntu, I am able to run nano (the only editor on the switch), but I can not save the results because the program traps ^O to use for