getty is the tool you want here. There generally is a line already in
/etc/inittab that is commented out:
#s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS1 vt100
remove the '#", set the appropriate baud rate, and then save
then run 'telinit q'
HTH,
Stew Benedict
On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Marco Shaw wrote:
> Will minicom 'listen' on a serial port? I don't want to actually talk
> 'outwards', but want to configure a terminal on my Linux box to listen to
> ttyS0, so I can get the terminal from another headless machine.
>
> headless--->serial port-->null modem-->cable-->ttyS0-->Linux & get console
> from headless machine
>
> If minicom won't listen, shouldn't it at least echo output from the other
> system if I configure minicom to connect to ttyS0, then press <enter>?
>
> Thanks,
> Marco
>
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