Post by thread:[OT] GUI based terminal program for Linux

I want to look for a better terminal program than gtkterm and cutecom. I am having some problems with gtkterm under Ubuntu with the Microchip PICDEM FS USB CDC-ACM demo. Actually I am having problem with the kernel as well for the bootloader. We think it is a Debian/Ubuntu kernel problem. http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=283378 Any recommendations? Minicom might be ok but I'd like to see if there is a GUI based one better than gtkterm. Regards, Xiaofan

I hate to be That Guy, but what's wrong with minicom? A terminal is inherently text, would a GUI make it that much better? -- Martin K Xiaofan Chen wrote: {Quote hidden}> I want to look for a better terminal program than gtkterm and cutecom. > I am having some problems with gtkterm under Ubuntu with the Microchip > PICDEM FS USB CDC-ACM demo. Actually I am having problem with > the kernel as well for the bootloader. We think it is a Debian/Ubuntu > kernel problem. > http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=283378 > > Any recommendations? Minicom might be ok but I'd like to see if > there is a GUI based one better than gtkterm. > > Regards, > Xiaofan

On 9/23/07, Martin Klingensmith <spam_OUTmartinTakeThisOuTnnytech.net> wrote: > I hate to be That Guy, but what's wrong with minicom? A terminal is > inherently text, would a GUI make it that much better? > -- No problem. I have no problem with console program. However I do not quite like this kind of text based GUI program like minicom or mc. They are ugly under X. Just my personal taste... Regards, Xiaofan

Xiaofan Chen wrote: > No problem. I have no problem with console program. However > I do not quite like this kind of text based GUI program like minicom > or mc. They are ugly under X. Just my personal taste... CTRL-ALT-F1 and you can fire it up on a virtual console so it's not "ugly" in X. :-) Nate