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use picocom instead minicom

Constantine
Expert 2995 points

I had tired to use minicom because of some complex and configuration, redundant modem features, damaged screen, and sometimes locking issues. I had wanted to wrote my own simple terminal emulator. Finally a friend of mine suggested me picocom. It is great substitute for minicom. It is small, durable and simple. picocom makes only what is need to do and makes it good. It works friendly with terminal window, easy configurable from command line, and included in popular distributions.

Install: " sudo apt-get install picocom" or "yum install picocom"

Usage: picocom /dev/ttyS0 --b 115200 -l

You may add alias to your ~/.bashrc file:
alias picocom='picocom /dev/ttyS0 --b 115200 -l'

Exit: ^a ^x

Manual: http://linux.die.net/man/8/picocom

  • Expert 2315 points

    After following TI's GSG's to get my system on Ubuntu many moons ago and following the instructions to use minicom, I recently found out that anything else works better.  I am now using GtkTerm which works fine except its histry is small.  Maybe TI should follow the advice given by DenX u-boot not to use minicom - see denx manual - and update their user guides not to make life too difficult for newbies and having them struggle with rubbish like minicom.  For what it's worth.

    Thanks, Jinh T.