Re: "ctrl+c" disabled!

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Bill J.Xu wrote:

> hello everyone,
>
> when I connect linux through serial port,and run a program such as "ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx",then I can not stop it by using "ctrl+c".and the only way is to telnet it,and kill that progress
>
> why?
>
> thanks
>
> Bill J.Xu
> -
How do you 'connect' through the serial port? You need to use a
serial `getty` that properly sets up the terminal. The 'mini-getty'
used on recent distributions doesn't bother.
Also, if you are not using a real terminal, you need to use a terminal
program that actually sends a ^C.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
            Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.


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