07-16-2013
So what console serial terminal are you using? Is it a PC based terminal emulator? If so, what? Is it set 9600,8,N,1?
Have you done or edited ANYTHING since the install routine was done?
e.g. edited /etc/passwd file?
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yeahconsole
YEAHCONSOLE(1) [FIXME: manual] YEAHCONSOLE(1)
NAME
yeahconsole - drop-down X terminal emulator wrapper
SYNOPSIS
yeahconsole [-h] [-e command]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the yeahconsole command.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
yeahconsole is a wrapper for X terminal emulators that provide a drop-down terminal embedding other terminal emulators
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below. Any other argument is passed to the X terminal emulator.
-h
Show summary of options and supported xresources.
-e command
command will be run in the X terminal emulator used. If specified this must be the last option since everything after the -e will be
interpreted as the command.
RESOURCES
The resources from the embedded X terminal emulator will be used and are documented in the corresponding manpage for your X terminal
emulator. The specific resources for yeahconsole follow:
restart
0 or 1, 1 should restart the terminal. Default is 0.
term
terminal to use, valid values: urxvt, urxvtc, xterm. Default is xterm.
screenWidth
width of the terminal. Default is the display width.
consoleHeight
number of lines of the console. Default is 10.
xOffset
x position. Default is set to 0.
aniDelay
delay for the slide animation. Default is 40.
stepSize
step size in pixels for the animation 0 will disable the animation. Default is set 1.
handleWidth
width for the resize handle. Default is 3.
handleColor
color for the resize handle. Default is grey70.
toggleKey
key combo that toggles yeahconsole. Default is ControlAlt+y.
keyBigger
increase height of yeahconsole. Default is Control+KP_Add.
keySmaller
decrease height of yeahconsole. Default is Control+KP_Subtract.
keyFull
toggle fullscreen mode. Default is Alt+F11.
SEE ALSO
xterm (1), rxvt (1).
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Damian Viano debian@damianv.com.ar for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted
to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by
the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006 Damian Viano
[FIXME: source] April 15, 2006 YEAHCONSOLE(1)