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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 23 May 2006, Karolis Lyvens wrote:

> I'm trying to use an ancient laptop with BL3 as a serial console...
> But microcom does some weird thing: when i press enter, enter is sent
> to the server twice, effectively disabling login prompt. When i
> connect with HyperTerminal from windows, there are no problems.
> Inittab entries that define export to serial terminals:
>
> # Local serial lines:
> s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L -f /etc/issueserial ttyS0 9600 vt100
> s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L -f /etc/issueserial ttyS1 9600 vt100

I had the same problem with microcom trying to connect to a local bbs. 
I posted about this.  I forget the details but search on basiclinux and 
microcom.  I gave up trying to use it that way.  I set up a serial network 
in which I did not have to log in (and I think I had to modify some file 
so I could log in as root).  I never managed to transfer files over this 
network but I could run programs from one computer that resided on the 
other one, including X.

Sindi