[ale] Wyse Terminal

[Chris Fowler]

As far as I can remember, Linux wyse50 emulation sucks.  This could have been enhanced over time but the /etc/termcap entries were incomplete and sometimes wrong when I used these terminals in the past.  I believe the correct pinouts are below:



DB9 on PCÂ Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  DB25 on Wyse50


2Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  3
3Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  2
5Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  7



Setup the wyse50 as 9600,n,8,1 and XON/XOFF flow control.  If you want this terminal to be a serial console in RedHat, add the following lines to /etc/lilo.conf and rerun /sbin/lilo:

serial=0,9600n8
append="console=ttyS0,9600"



reboot the computer and your terminal should work.  If you want to be able to log in the computer after it fully boots up add the following line to /etc/inittab:

s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty ttyS0



If you want to be able to log in as root add the following to /etc/securetty


ttyS0



It should work correctly now.


Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Nagorski [mailto:kenn at pcintelligent.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 6:04 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Wyse Terminal



Hi,
        
        Does anyone have any experience witht the Wyse 50 terminals
I have a few and want to use them for serial console however I can't get a
good terminal emulation.


        Thanks
        Ken


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