Untraceable problem with Minicom

[Giulio Benetti]

Il 01/02/11 19.19, Marek Vasut ha scritto:
> On Sunday 09 January 2011 10:50:10 Shahnewaz Chowdhury wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am facing an untraceable problem with minicom. Allow me to provide proper
>> details so that it will be easier to provide assistance.
>>
>> I am using a desktop PC with Ubuntu 10.10. It has only one serial port
>> (ttyS0) and I have verified that using the command " dmesg | grep tty ".
>>
>> My development board is called HDP6410, which is a clone of the SMDK6410.
>> The processor is S3C6410 with ARM 1176 JZ(F)-S core. After I start
>> minicom, when I connect the board to the pc using a null-modem cable and
>> power up the board I am supposed to see booting updates on minicom,
>> followed by a prompt that would allow me to access the board. However, I
>> do not see anything. I know that the serial port on the pc and the serial
>> cable are fully functional because I do get all the booting updates and
>> prompt when I use a custom serial communication software provided with the
>> board. However, I want to use minicom because the custom software provides
>> no means of transferring files.
>>
>> I added my username to the following groups : dialout, uucp and tty.
>>
>> I have also checked that ttyS0 has read/write permissions.
>>
>> My settings in minicom are as follows:
>>
>> Serial Device                           : /dev/ttyS0
>> Lockfile Location                     : /var/lock
>> Bps / Par / Bits                         : 115200 8N1
>> hardware flow control               : no
>> software flow control                : no
>>
>> I have tried running minicom both as normal user and root, but I still get
>> no output on the console when I power up the board. I know for sure that
>> the serial port on the board is working fine and it does send messages
>> once I power up the board. Something is wrong on the PC side. For some
>> reason when I run minicom, the connection is probably not established on
>> the PC side.
>>
>> Am I missing any essential configurations / settings ?
>>
>> I would highly appreciated some guidance on this. I have been trying for a
>> week now without any positive result. Please help.
> I) Stick a screwdriver between pins 2 and 3 of the RS232 and see if you get any
> output when you type into minicom window (loopback).
>
> II) Another possibility is you should connect it directly, not null-modem
>
> Cheers
>> Sincerely,
>> Shan
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Maybe you're using USB-RS232 adapter...?
And so you should put ttyUSB0 instead of ttyS0.
Sorry for question...

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Giulio Benetti
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