Minicom has only ansi or vt102

Mark Sargent powderkeg at snow.email.ne.jp
Wed Jul 13 07:40:16 UTC 2005


Mike McCarty wrote:

> Mark Sargent wrote:
>
>> Mike McCarty wrote:
>>
>>> Mark Sargent wrote:
>>>
>>>> my permissions on the machine that yesterday I could change back 
>>>> and forth on,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hmm. I just did an su and did
>>>
>>> # minicom -s
>>>
>>> and it gives me a setup screen which describes only one serial port. 
>>> I used CTLA-Z
>>> to pull up a help screen, and I don't see any option to change to 
>>> another port.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ctrl-A Z O choose "Serial port setup" then A
>>
>>>
>>> I see a way to change what setup is being used, which setup could be 
>>> a different
>>> serial port.
>>>
>>> What technique are/were you using to change ports?
>>
>>
>>
>> see above for that technique..cheers.
>>
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>> Mark Sargent.
>>
> When logged on as ME, that option is disabled. It gives me
> a box with "You are not allowed to change this parameter"
> in it. In order to be allowed to make that change, I have
> to su.
>
> Perhaps you either have an usual minicom setup, you customarily
> log in with root privilege, or you don't recall exactly what
> you were doing.
>
> Mike
>
Hi All,

I never log in as root, unless for a specific reason. I do run minicom 
as root, though, hence getting that option. I shall run it as a normal 
user just to recreate your scenario. Cheers.

Mark Sargent.




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