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Bug 331451 - net-dialup/minicom truncates device names
Summary: net-dialup/minicom truncates device names
Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: PPC Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Dialup Developers
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Reported: 2010-08-06 18:15 UTC by Thomas Juerges
Modified: 2015-06-19 13:51 UTC (History)
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Description Thomas Juerges 2010-08-06 18:15:18 UTC 
Minicom cannot handle devices names which are longer than 64 bytes.  Everything beyond the 64 byte mark will simply be truncated.


Command line parameter does not work:
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mac ~ # minicom -D /dev/serial/by-id/usb-ArkMicroChips_USB-UART_Controller-if00-port0
minicom: cannot open /dev/serial/by-id/usb-ArkMicroChips_USB-UART_Controller-if00-po: No such file or directory
mac ~ # minicom --device=/dev/serial/by-id/usb-ArkMicroChips_USB-UART_Controller-if00-port0
minicom: cannot open /dev/serial/by-id/usb-ArkMicroChips_USB-UART_Controller-if00-po: No such file or directory


Manual set-up shows only 63 bytes:
----------------------------------
OPTI+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Comp| A -    Serial Device      : kMicroChips_USB-UART_Controller-if00-p    |
Port| B - Lockfile Location     : /var/lock                                 |
    | C -   Callin Program      :                                           |
Pres| D -  Callout Program      :                                           |
    | E -    Bps/Par/Bits       : 2400 8N1                                  |
    | F - Hardware Flow Control : Yes                                       |
    | G - Software Flow Control : No                                        |
    |                                                                       |
    |    Change which setting?                                              |
    +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
            | Screen and keyboard      |
            | Save setup as dfl        |
            | Save setup as..          |
            | Exit                     |
            +--------------------------+
Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2015-01-07 11:38:51 UTC 
What version are you running? Can you try with 2.7?
Comment 2 Thomas Juerges 2015-01-07 17:05:28 UTC 
(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #1)
> What version are you running? Can you try with 2.7?

I do not remember the version.  But it should be easy for you to deduce the PPC version from the date my the bug report.

As soon as I am back from my business trip (end of January 2015), I can try again with the version that is then recent on PPC.
Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2015-01-07 17:53:50 UTC 
It could be the 2.4 version at that time, lets see what occurs with 2.7 that is the one I see other distributions are using
Comment 4 Thomas Juerges 2015-01-07 18:59:23 UTC 
(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #3)
> It could be the 2.4 version at that time, lets see what occurs with 2.7 that
> is the one I see other distributions are using

OK.  That sounds like a plan.  I'll get back to you when I have results.  Thanks for taking care of this old bug.
Comment 5 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2015-06-19 13:51:12 UTC 
feel free to reopen if still valid with that newer version