[Elecraft] KIO2 connect to Ubuntu Linux

[Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU]

Try using fldigi; it's in the Ubuntu repository, and you can use either 
hamlib or (my recommendation) rigcat with the K3 option to control it.
Then you set the serial port via menus.
Leigh/WA5ZNU
> My memory of how I connected my K2 to this Ubuntu 8.10 computer has 
> faded over the last year. Although the Ubuntu version then was 7.04, 
> the computer was the same.
>
> I have been attempting to configure the com 1 serial port with the 
> root command:
>
> serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=4800+stop=2+parity=none
>
> The reply is "file does not exist."
>
> I see file size for ttyS0 as 0 bytes. Could it be that I need to 
> create a special ttyS0 file? Since I do not remember that step before, 
> I am a bit lost here.
>
> Maybe there is a configuration program for com port config that does 
> not expect to write to a dial up modem!.
>
> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>
> Arthur
> VE9BP
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