From: Bdale Garbee Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 23:04:58 +0000 (-0600) Subject: update changelog entry, add new content to the README.Debian file X-Git-Tag: debian/5.1-15 X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4b41a8a066e982965ca059c68f8d2f0d15400554;p=debian%2Fgcpegg update changelog entry, add new content to the README.Debian file --- diff --git a/debian/README.debian b/debian/README.debian index ee8d99d..36f33e8 100644 --- a/debian/README.debian +++ b/debian/README.debian @@ -1,16 +1,23 @@ The upstream source assumes you will use a traditional hard-wired serial port, but those are getting rare. Rather than refactor the code, I've just -made the Debian package always open the device /dev/REG. All you need to -do is symlink this to whatever your actual serial port is with something like: - - cd /dev - ln -s ttyUSB0 REG +made the Debian package always open the device /dev/REG. Associated with this, +the package delivers a udev rules file that creates a /dev/REG symlink to +/dev/ttyS0. If you need some other device linked, creating an appropriate udev +rule is likely the best way to do that. The 'port' field in the REG line of the eggrc file will be ignored, so just leave it set to '0'. - - - - - +The systemd service file used to invoke the daemon hard-codes virtual terminal +8 as the place to run the eggsh program. That means you can use Alt-F8 on +your system's console to go see what the program is doing. Note that we're +assuming the machine running this program is not running X. If it is, you +may need to tweak the service file to pick some other virtual terminal. + + - - - - - + If the EGG computer is behind a firewall, it must be programmed to allow UDP packets on port 2510 outgoing packet and UDP port 1105 for an incoming connection. diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 8b96c5f..b368d61 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ gcpegg (5.1-15) unstable; urgency=medium - * stop trying to force which VT eggsh is launched on + * switch to systemd service file and udev rule, allows removing the + dependency on openvt and all the related weird behaviors - -- Bdale Garbee Sat, 26 Oct 2019 14:53:32 -0600 + -- Bdale Garbee Sat, 26 Oct 2019 16:58:58 -0600 gcpegg (5.1-14) unstable; urgency=medium