What serial comms app comes with RedHat ??

adbru · 03-23-2010, 03:09 PM

Hi Guys,

Quick question for someone ...

We have a new machine with RedHat enterprise 5 on it.
I need to connect a serial cable to the serial port and talk to another system (old alpha system) instead of using a VT connected to the alpha.

Does RedHat come with anything like Keaterm/hyperterm/etc etc ??

This is a production machine so I cant just download an app, it would have to be approved by the gods first ! ;-)

Thanks in advance

Adbru

bathory · 03-23-2010, 04:16 PM

You can use minicom

Cheers

irmin · 03-23-2010, 04:25 PM

kermit should work too.

Oh sorry. I just saw that you prefer preinstalled tools. Minicom should be the best tool to do this.

adbru · 03-30-2010, 12:35 AM

Sorry for the delay in replying (been offshift)

Thanks for the info, got minicom working fine :-)

Got another question though....
When you lock the screen (rather than logout), most o/s's will blank the desktop.
Is there a way to still display the desktop ??
i.e. I want to be able to lock the screen (for security) but still see the output of the minicom window.

Thanks again

Adrian