jnall%FSU.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (John Nall 904-644-5241) (01/12/89)
Plea for help: how does one go about using either term or kermit under Minix? Assuming that the proper tty.c has been compiled (so that the rs232 code is there); assuming a Minix O/S level of 1.3d; and assuming familiarity with things like baud rates, COM1 port addresses, etc the following questions arise: where does /etc/ttys fit into this? What entries go in there? where does stty fit into this? Is /dev/tty1, which I understand is defined as an ordinary character device with mknod, to be the same major device as tty, and a different minor device? A completely new major device? Any and all help humbly and gratefully accepted. jnall@rai.fsu.edu (bitnet)
ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (01/13/89)
In article <6591@louie.udel.EDU> jnall%FSU.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (John Nall 904-644-5241) writes: > where does /etc/ttys fit into this? What entries go in there? /etc/ttys is opened about read by init when the system comes up. It tells which terminals should get shells and which should not. See the code and commands in init.c for the details. > where does stty fit into this? This can be used to set modes etc. Kermit does it automatically if you have a .kerrmc profile in your home directory > Is /dev/tty1, which I understand is defined as an ordinary > character device with mknod, to be the same major device > as tty, and a different minor device? A completely new major > device? /dev/tty0, /dev/tty1, and /dev/tty2 are all the same minor device. In contrast, /dev/tty is a different one, which the driver is different. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)