** or minicom for OSX (Intel)

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** or minicom for OSX (Intel)

I need either ** or minicom to connect to serial devices in OSX (Intel). I can't find the ** source, and I get this error: "configure: error: No suitable lock directory" when I type ./configure for the minicom binaries I downloaded here: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/

Any help is very much apriciated. In case you were thinking of suggesting ZTerm it will not work, and it hasn't been updated for years. Thanks in advance

Intel Mac Mini 2GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 1, 2006 10:01 PM

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Answer 1

May 1, 2006 10:49 PM in response to Nathan Keirn

I bet there are some flags you can pass to ./configure to specify various paths (usually "./configure --help" tells you about them). I see that Fink has minicom for intel, so it's at least buildable (dunno how well anyone has tested it).

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May 2, 2006 6:42 PM in response to Daniel Macks

I can't find ** for mac, but I think it should be included in the base install. I used darwin ports to install and compile minicom. It works as advertised, but I don't like having the extra software on my Mac. Either way I got it to work, and it works just as it should.

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Answer 3

Jun 19, 2006 1:24 PM in response to Nathan Keirn

** doesn't stand alone. It's part of the UUCP package. I've downloaded it and it ./configures just fine. My only problem with it is flow control, which means there are some devices out there that I just can't access.

Now if anyone can tell me where the "tip" code might be, that would be nice. Unfortunately, Google is full of all kinds of "tips" and hints, so there's no using a search engine to find it.

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Jun 20, 2006 7:05 AM in response to Nathan Keirn

...but I don't like having the extra software on my Mac.

I used to think that way too. Then every time I uninstalled darwinports, I would find something else I needed it for. Just leave it installed. You'll use it.

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Jun 20, 2006 6:25 PM in response to Don Flinspach

Looks like someone hacked the FreeBSD source for OpenDarwin/Mac OS:

http://www.opendarwin.org/pipermail/discuss/2002-October/003819.html

I have a few BSD boxes at work - I may grab the source and try to re-create. If I'm sucessful I'll post here.

For the OP - not sure what you're looking for that ZTerm doesn't handle? I've been able to use it with a Keyspan USB <--> Serial cable for all of my tasks that have required console connections.

HTH

Brian

Rev. B Dual 2.0 PowerMac G5 / Black Macbook 2.0 core duo Mac OS X (10.4)

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Answer 6

Jun 20, 2006 6:28 PM in response to Don Flinspach

Hi Don,

> so there's no using a search engine to find it.

Surely you jest. Even granting the fact that I've completely missed the boat on what it is you're trying to find, a simple search like, Google Search: ** UUCP install "Mac OS X", turned up what I thought sounded like a useful article, AFP548.com: Articles: Finally, a Reason to Use Your Modem. That article will at least tell you where on the gnu site the uucp project is and provides a curl command for downloading it. However be warned, that article is old. You should see if you can find something covering Tiger. I'm pretty sure that I saw Tiger mentioned in some of the items the search found.
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