Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 07:47:12 GMT From: d_burr@ix.netcom.com (Donald Burr) To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Port of minicom? Message-ID: <199510280744.AAA07857@ix.ix.netcom.com>
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Back in my days of using Linux, I got hooked on the MINICOM telecom program that came with it. Mainly because, since I only have 8 MB of memory, X ran really slowly, and for some reason, I find MINICOM's user interface a lot nicer than Seyon's, and it's easier to configure, etc. Anyway, I attempted porting the latest version of Minicom 1.71 (the latest version I could find), available at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/comm/minicom-1.71.tar.gz. The documentation CLAIMS that FreeBSD is supported, however I had to do some (admittedly minor) code hacking (mainly the config.h and the Makefile) to get it to compile right. And it works, but with several (some minor, some major) exceptions: 1. Can't get any other key to work as the "meta" key, besides the clunky <Ctrl-A> sequence. It would be nice to be able to hit <Alt-D> to dial instead of <Ctrl-A> D. (Is this a limitation/incompatibility with the FreeBSD console driver? And can it be fixed?) 2. Occasionally, the modem port (I'm using /dev/cuaa0) will "lock up" and refuse to work. This usually happens when I start minicom, and it tries initializing the modem; sometimes, it fails. Exiting and re-running minicom usually clears this up. tty problem? am I using the right /dev file? [My modem is an internal USR Sportster 28.8, and it worked perefctly well under an identical setup, except running LInux instead of FreeBSD.] 3. This is the major problem: I've configured my download protocols (zmodem, in my case, since that's the only protocol I ever use). Auto-downloading works fine... BUT, when the protocol exits (i.e. the file transferred OK), MINICOM totally locks up -- the only way to exit (and this is by no means a graceful exit) is to flip over to another VC and 'kill -TERM' it. This is really annoying, to say the least. Anyway, is there a better port of minicom out there? (I didn't see one in either /cdrom/packages or /cdrom/ports [Walnut Creek FreeBSD 2.0.5 release CD]). Does anyone even care? Am I the only one who prefers using a text-based comm program to using Seyon under X? Is the world coming to an end? [just kidding] Please reply by the lists (probably freebsd-ports). Thanks!
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