Re: [aclug-L] modem

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Deep <bobdBOUNCEIT@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> BTW... Does anybody have, or know of, a way I can watch the modem status
> lines on a serial port?  It would be nice to at least emulate "das
> blinkin' lights" of an external modem.

Here are some programs in my Debian mirror... if you don't have
Debian, check for them on sunsite:

Package: statserial
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 24
Maintainer: Brian Bassett <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.1-15
Depends: libc6, ncurses3.4
Filename: dists/stable/main/binary-i386/utils/statserial_1.1-15.deb
Size: 7914
MD5sum: b6c29b80bad622b2ed2993f9e9268a66
Description: displays serial port modem status lines
 Statserial  displays  a table of the signals on a standard
 9-pin or 25-pin serial port, and indicates the  status  of
 the  handshaking  lines.  It  can  be useful for debugging
 problems with serial ports or modems.

Package: xosview
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 134
Maintainer: Radu Duta <rduta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.5.0-1.1
Depends: libc6, libg++272 (>= 2.7.2.8), xlib6g (>= 3.3-5)
Filename: dists/stable/main/binary-i386/utils/xosview_1.5.0-1.1.deb
Size: 59604
MD5sum: 394cbfdde4ed0c79a251574283c687d1
Description: X based system monitor
 Xosview is a monitor which displays the status of several
 system based parameters.  These include  CPU  usage,  load
 average,  memory  usage,  swap space usage, network usage,
 interrupts, and serial port status.  Appearance is fully
 configurable via command line or X resources.


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