[NTLUG:Discuss] minicom settings for SGI

[Steve Baker]

MontyS at videopost.com wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> I am attempting to hook up a serial connection between a linux (fedora core
> 3) box and the MMSC console connector (or alt console) of an Onyx2.
> 
> It appears to be connected, but I do not get a login prompt.  I have hooked
> up a dumb terminal, and it works fine.

Question:

   What happens if you connect up the dumb terminal to the Linux box?

   If it works then odds are good that you need a null-modem between
the Linux box and the Onyx.

> First I thought it was a cabling issue, but again, minicom says it is
> online.

I wouldn't trust that.

Where RS-232 is concerned, it's *ALWAYS* a cable problem!

> Hardware flow control on

You might try turning off hardware flow control.  If the remote system
isn't wiggling the right pins (or if one of the cables/adaptors along
the way isn't connecting it) - then disabling flow control may just
kick it into life.

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