Minicom setup

Revision as of 00:30, 26 March 2010

Setting up minicom has always caused me hastle... follow these steps:

install minicom with your favourite package manager $ yum install minicom
add any users that want to make use of serial ports to the 'dialout' group (on Fedora 12.0)
create /etc/minirc.* files with group set to 'dialout' and permissions of 664
to configure minicom use $ minicom -s [config] this will not open the port
for a serial port, not a modem, enter minicom configuration -> modem and dialing and clear fields A-L

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 # add any users that want to make use of serial ports to the 'dialout' group (on Fedora 12.0)
 # create /etc/minirc.* files with group set to 'dialout' and permissions of 664
-# set group to 'dialout' and permissions to 660 for any serial ports you wish to use (/dev/tty*)
+# to configure minicom use <code>$ minicom -s [config]</code> this will not open the port
+# for a serial port, not a modem, enter <code>minicom configuration -> modem and dialing</code> and clear fields A-L
 See Also: [[Ftdi_-_device_or_resource_busy|FTDI - Device or Resource busy]]