Open or not open, that is the stupid question.

If you want to use console to login server on Ubuntu laptop, you could try a useful app named "minicom". And you could download in by apt-get. # apt-get -y install minicom Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang

Today, I try to use my colleage's usb to com cable, to connect SPARC machine. 1. check /dev/term folder first. # ls -al /dev/term total 8 drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   2 2009-11-10 18:20 . drwxr-xr-x 252 root sys  252 2009-11-10 18:20 .. 2. connect cable then try again. # ls -al /dev/term total 9 drwxr-xr-x   3 root root   3 2009-11-10 18:00 . drwxr-xr-x 253 root sys  253 2009-11-10 18:00 .. lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root  48 2009-11-10 18:00 0 -> ../../devices/pci@0,0/pci1043,8263@1d/device@1:0 3. use tip command to connect SPRAC machine. PS. you have to set baud rate to 9600. # tip -9600 /dev/term/0 4. Start the SPARC machine then you will get the console. Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang