Re: screen doesn't forward keystrokes

[Lucas Gerads]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Lucas Gerads
<address@hidden> wrote:
> I use GNU screen in Ubuntu Linux to connect over a RS232 serial port
> to an embedded device (which runs Angstrom Linux) When I reboot my
> embedded device I can see all the messages properly with screen, but I
> cannot input anything on the target device.
>
> I run the commands
>
> $ screen /dev/ttyS1 115200
>
> this connects me to the target device. The target is already booted up.
> Now, if I input on the target via screen
>
> $ reboot
>
> I can see all the shutdown and booting messages, but I cannot input
> anything via my keyboard. Eventually I arrive on the login screen of
> my target device, but of course I cannot login. If I kill the screen
> and then relaunch it with
>
>  $ screen /dev/ttyS1 115200
>
> everything is fine again. I have to access the bootloader shell on my
> target device, so I need to be able to input things during the
> bootprocess. Any ideas what is going on?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Lucas
>

I am still experiencing the same problems. I am trying to explain my
problems again, maybe that makes my problem a little clearer.

I am doing embedded development. I used to use minicom but experienced
problems, that seem to be common. In a lot of places "screen" is
recommended to use to connect over the serial port to the target
device.
Maybe the following steps outline my problem better:
I connect to my target device with the command "$ screen /dev/ttyS1
115200". If I boot it up manually,  I am able to read all the booting
messages, but seem not to be able to input anything (I want to open
the bootloader). At the end of the boot process, I can of course also
not login (I run angstrom linux on my target). This is only possible
when I issue the command "ctrl-a :quit". It takes awfully long until
screen finally quits. If I then reconnect with the command "$ screen
/dev/ttyS1 115200", everything seems to be fine and I can login into
linux on my target device.
I do not experience this with hyperterminal under windows or minicom
on linux, but both have other shortcomings, why I would like to switch
to screen.

Any ideas?

-- Lucas