FS#18518 - [minicom] -s fails to initialize global configuration file

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by David C. Rankin (drankinatty) - Monday, 01 March 2010, 17:26 GMT
Last edited by Giovanni Scafora (giovanni) - Tuesday, 02 March 2010, 11:11 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

A fresh install, installed minicom and no way to initialize the global configuration file.

Example:

[11:10 nirvana:/home/david] # minicom
minicom: there is no global configuration file /etc/minirc.dfl
Ask your sysadmin to create one (with minicom -s).

[11:11 nirvana:/home/david] # minicom -s
minicom: there is no global configuration file /etc/minirc.dfl
Ask your sysadmin to create one (with minicom -s).

Now that's peculiar...

Additional info:
* package version(s)

minicom-2.4-1

* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:

see "Example:" above

Work-around:

Install a minicom config from another box. If you have none cannibalize the following:

[11:25 nirvana:/home/david] # cat /mnt/nv/etc/minirc.dfl
# Machine-generated file - use "minicom -s" to change parameters.
pu port /dev/ttyS1
pu baudrate 38400
pu mretries 3
pu updir /home/david/tmp
pu downdir /home/david/tmp
pu rtscts Yes
pu tfcolor CYAN
pu tbcolor BLUE
pu sfcolor WHITE
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Closed by  Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Tuesday, 02 March 2010, 11:11 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Added global configuration file /etc/minirc.dfl

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