How is "tip" spelled on Linux-speak?

Thu Oct 2 14:15:18 PDT 2003

> My thanks to the many correspondents who suggested either "cu" or
> "minicom".
> 
> Having been exposed to SysV-flavored systems some years ago, I was aware
> of the existence of "cu", but the BBC had indicated that it was not to
> be found.
> 
> It did, however, find "minicom".
> 
> Now all I need to do is figure out how to use it (when it claims
> 
> 	minicom: WARNING: configuration file not found, using defaults
> 	modprobe: Can't locate module /dev/ttyS1
> 	minicom: cannot open /dev/ttyS1: No such file or directory

That's a symptom of devfsd not being told to leave /dev/ttySn alone when 
you access it, and of course serial features don't need a module, we
built that in anyway.  I should add that to the devfs whacking.  In the
meantime, I believe devfsd has a control file in /etc that can be
tickled (see the dev mouse example for leaving the entry alone and/or
pulling the right module), and the daemon can be killed and restarted.

> Hmmm......)
> 
> Thanks again....!

:)

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