VT510 terminal not working
Hallo, i want to run a vt510 terminal at a sl-10.0 computer. I connected it with a serial port (cable and port are working, i used them for a modem before), and edited the /etc/inittab adding the following line: S1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 9600 ttyS1 vt510 i tried all 4 ttySx i have, and also tried "vt100" as terminal with emulation on the vt510. I don't even get a login on the terminal. configuration of the terminal: word size: 8 bits parity: none stop bits: 1bit transmit & receive speed: 9600 baud transmit & receive flow control: XON/XOFF can anybody help me with the setup? thanks Paul
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 07:48, Paul Neuwirth wrote:
Hallo, i want to run a vt510 terminal at a sl-10.0 computer. I connected it with a serial port (cable and port are working, i used them for a modem before), and edited the /etc/inittab adding the following line: S1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 9600 ttyS1 vt510 i tried all 4 ttySx i have, and also tried "vt100" as terminal with emulation on the vt510. I don't even get a login on the terminal. configuration of the terminal: word size: 8 bits parity: none stop bits: 1bit transmit & receive speed: 9600 baud transmit & receive flow control: XON/XOFF can anybody help me with the setup?
thanks Paul
From http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/serial-console.html "Cable: To connect a laptop to the serial port on the Linux host, you need to have a null-modem cable. The purpose of a null-modem cable is to permit two RS-232 DTE devices to communicate with each other without modems between them. While you can construct this yourself, a good, sturdy manufactured null-modem cable is inexpensive and will last longer. If you insist on making the cable yourself, then check out Nullmodem.Com for the wiring and pinout diagram."
Ouch... thank you... no wonder why it didn't work... fortunately i have a null-modem cable.. stupid me... On Tuesday 12 September 2006 15:17, Stevens wrote:
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 07:48, Paul Neuwirth wrote:
Hallo, i want to run a vt510 terminal at a sl-10.0 computer. I connected it with a serial port (cable and port are working, i used them for a modem before), and edited the /etc/inittab adding the following line: S1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 9600 ttyS1 vt510 i tried all 4 ttySx i have, and also tried "vt100" as terminal with emulation on the vt510. I don't even get a login on the terminal. configuration of the terminal: word size: 8 bits parity: none stop bits: 1bit transmit & receive speed: 9600 baud transmit & receive flow control: XON/XOFF can anybody help me with the setup?
thanks Paul
From http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/serial-console.html
"Cable: To connect a laptop to the serial port on the Linux host, you need to have a null-modem cable. The purpose of a null-modem cable is to permit two RS-232 DTE devices to communicate with each other without modems between them. While you can construct this yourself, a good, sturdy manufactured null-modem cable is inexpensive and will last longer.
If you insist on making the cable yourself, then check out Nullmodem.Com for the wiring and pinout diagram."
Ok, it works so far... but how do I set up the geometry (lines X columns)? The system assumes 24x80 (i think) but the terminal uses up to 53x132. so only a corner of the screen is used... thanks Paul On Tuesday 12 September 2006 15:29, Paul Neuwirth wrote:
Ouch... thank you... no wonder why it didn't work... fortunately i have a null-modem cable.. stupid me...
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 15:17, Stevens wrote:
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 07:48, Paul Neuwirth wrote:
Hallo, i want to run a vt510 terminal at a sl-10.0 computer. I connected it with a serial port (cable and port are working, i used them for a modem before), and edited the /etc/inittab adding the following line: S1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 9600 ttyS1 vt510 i tried all 4 ttySx i have, and also tried "vt100" as terminal with emulation on the vt510. I don't even get a login on the terminal. configuration of the terminal: word size: 8 bits parity: none stop bits: 1bit transmit & receive speed: 9600 baud transmit & receive flow control: XON/XOFF can anybody help me with the setup?
thanks Paul
From http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/serial-console.html
"Cable: To connect a laptop to the serial port on the Linux host, you need to have a null-modem cable. The purpose of a null-modem cable is to permit two RS-232 DTE devices to communicate with each other without modems between them. While you can construct this yourself, a good, sturdy manufactured null-modem cable is inexpensive and will last longer.
If you insist on making the cable yourself, then check out Nullmodem.Com for the wiring and pinout diagram."
Ok, it works so far... but how do I set up the geometry (lines X columns)? The system assumes 24x80 (i think) but the terminal uses up to 53x132. so only a corner of the screen is used... thanks
stty rows 53 stty cols 132 Jan Engelhardt --
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