You're not supposed to be able to run with -s option unless you have
root privilege.
yes, that is definitely the case....I did as you, and changed the
permissioins for ttyS0 to run from a normal user...
I'm beginning to think it's time to re-install minicom.
no, just changing the minirc.dfl allowed me to get the right
settings..have also conversed with one of the developers, and he too
thinks it's strange..
I suspect that Mark just didn't notice that he was root one time and not
the other. (Sorry, Mark.)
no, not at all, I can confirm, without a doubt, that I did in fact run
it once, when as a normal user, with the -s option(how do I know,
because I intentionally did this, to see what would happen)...now,
though(today). when I try to run it, without the -s option, I get the
following,
Device /dev/ttyS0 access failed: Permission denied.
That would be expected, so I just changed the permissions on ttyS0...I'm
not gonna bother trying to understand why all the different settings for
different OS installs etc...it's working now, that's all that
matters..cheers.
Mark Sargent.
