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Re: dialog --pause not timing out on serial console (dialog 1.2)


From: Paul Fertser
Subject: Re: dialog --pause not timing out on serial console (dialog 1.2)
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:29:10 +0300
User-agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13)

Hi,

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 01:16:52PM +0300, Stefan Puiu wrote:
> >     What you'll probably need is 'terminator' to wrap DTR to DCD to make
> >     the driver think a terminal is attached when there is none.
> 
> I probably need to read a bit on serial ports and consoles. Not sure
> what you mean by 'terminator' here.

My guess is that something like an "RS-232 loopback plug" is meant
here. So that when terminal is not attached one would instead insert a
dummy connector with a wire shorting DTR and DCD lines.

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