[aclug-L] Re: ttyS1=[alt + F4]

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, you can't really set a virtual console (Alt+F4) to go over a serial
port.  You can create an ADDITIONAL "virtual console" on the serial port.

I've done this with mgetty before, and a null modem cable (you can also do
it with a modem or nearly any other type of serial device that connects to a
terminal of some sort).

Just configure mgetty on ttyS1 (edit /etc/inittab, refer to the mgetty man
page for details), then use a terminal program such as Hyperterminal, Telix,
minicom, etc (depending on which OS your laptop uses) and log in as though
you were telnetting to the Linux machine.



On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 07:50:58PM -0600, Michael Holmes wrote:
> I want to take my virtual screen 4 [ALT + F4] and give it to serial port
> 2 [ttyS1] to be a serial port.  Should I use uugetty or mingetty and
> what settings should I use.  It is important to me to use this remote
> terminal in another room.  I want to use the laptop on a serial cable.
> {in v-100}
> 
> Mike
> 
> 

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