On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:00:51 -0700,
"Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Iam trying to use kdb with serial console on a IA64 box
>
>Iam using minicom to connect to the serial box from from another linux
>system.
>
>When we enter the break key, somehow minicom seems to eat that away, and
>not send it to the application... so iam not able to enter from the
>minicom session.
The term 'break key' is misleading, there is a real break key and there
is also a kdb break-in sequence which can be any set of characters, the
default for the kdb break-in code is control-A. I am assuming that you
mean control-A to enter kdb.
Minicom uses control-A itself. If you want to pass control-A through
minicom to the program you are talking to, press control-A twice.
Do not use control-A F for kdb. That sends a real break code, which is
not what kdb uses. As I say, the default kdb entry sequence is control-A
but that can be changed. See kdb/kdbmain.c:kdb_serial_str for your kdb
entry key.
Heads up: control-A conflicts with gnu readline editting (start of line).
kdb v5.0 (WIP) will use <escape>KDB by default.
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