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or on Debian/Ubuntu:
$ su -c 'apt-get install minicom'
Once installed, to use minicom to connect to the Raspberry Pi UART serial device, run:
$ minicom -b 115200 -o -D /dev/ttyUSB0
To test it, reboot the Raspberry Pi while it is connected; you should see Linux kernel
messages scroll down the screen, and it will look similar to
Figure 1-11
.
Figure 1-11.
minicom interfacing with the Raspberry Pi UART serial device
You can exit minicom with Control-A X, or get into its somewhat helpful help menu
with Control-A Z. If you end up manually configuring minicom, just leave the Parity/
Bits at 8N1, and disable the Software Flow Control. You don't need to go in there
though. There are bats in there.
Screen
Screen is a powerful utility, normally used to multiplex multiple virtual consoles. If this
were
Linux in a Nutshell
, we'd have a whole chapter about using screen. Since this is
a different topic, we'll just focus on using it as a serial terminal client.
To install it on Fedora, run:
$ su -c 'yum install screen -y'