[Trinux-talk] Serial port output for LCD display

[Rick <rad...@my...>]

For the most part, I've been successful with my 0.80rc2 2.4 release of Trin=
ux.  But now I'm stuck.  I'm new to the *nix scene and I'm having a terri=
ble time figuring out how to get output directed to my serial port so I c=
an take advantage of a Crystalfontz #634 20x4 LCD display with RS-232 Int=
erface @ 19200 baud.

I've tested the display on Win2K using HyperTerminal, so I know the display=
 works. I've tried #echo hi > /dev/ttyS0 with out success.  (this is how =
I intend to use it) I've tried to initialize(?) the serial port with the =
setserial command: # setserial -g /dev/ttyS*  Which resulted in the follo=
wing messages:
/dev/ttyS0: No Such Device
/dev/ttyS1: No Such Device
..

I verified the COM1 setting in the bios as IRQ4 0x3f8.

Searching the net pointed me at things like getty, mgetty, agetty, sgetty, =
ugetty, megetty, megettingcrazy.  But I was not ably to find any of these=
 (except the last one) on my Trinux distro. :)

Any suggestions?

--Rick