[olug] Redhat: /dev/ttyS0 is not serial port 1?

[Ryan O'Rourke]

On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 13:49, Scott Evans wrote:
> When I use minicom to access my Cisco 4000 series
> router, my settings are as follows for the serial
> setting
> 
> Serial device :  /dev/ttyS0
> Bps/par/Bits  :  9600 8N1
> Hardware flow control : no
> Software flow control : no

> >    I've tried /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1 with minicom
> > 2.0.0 under RH9.0 
> > and I am getting nowhere fast - 

'cu -l /dev/ttyS0 -t 9600' works well for these kinds of things
depending on what you're connecting to. Install the uucp package to get
/usr/bin/cu.
It's not be answer to your problem since it seems you prefer minicom,
but it may provide a clue if cu works.

HTH.

-- Ryan