On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:27:08 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > For attaching a terminal all you need to connect are pins 2, 3, and 7 on > a DB25, or 2, 3, and 5 on a DB9. Reverse 2,3 on one end of each cable > to get your x-over. All the other pins are for modems only and are not > used for terminal connections. Serial printers only need 2, 3, 7 as well.
That would be transmit data (TD), receive data (RD), and signal ground (SG), respectively. That is the minimum. But it may not be sufficient. If the terminal is set up for hardware flow control, for example, it won't be sufficient. Besides, the OP wants to cross-cable two servers together, it seems, and use a minicom session on one to open a terminal session on the other. minicom was written for use with a modem and probably expects more of these lines to be functional than just TD, RD, and SG. The devil is in the details. If he uses a full cross-over cable, as outlined in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:D9_Null_Modem_Wiring.png (or a standard serial cable with a similarly wired null modem), it should work with any DTE-to-DTE connection. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1560657861.1757468.1301273172399.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
