Celeb Glow
general | March 02, 2026

Default to ANSI Terminal Emulation in Minicom

Is there a way to default to ANSI terminal emulation in minicom instead of VT102 ? Once I'm in minicom, I can press Ctrl+A, T and then toggle using A.

 This system is restricted to authorized users +---------------[Terminal settings]----------------+ ≠ ≠ ≠ A - Terminal emulation : VT102 ≠ ≠ B - Backspace key sends : BS ≠ ≠ C - Status line is : enabled ≠ ≠ D - Newline tx delay (ms) : 0 ≠ ≠ E - ENQ answerback : Minicom2.7 ≠ ≠ F - Character tx delay (ms) : 0 ≠ ≠ Change which setting? ≠ ≠ ≠ +--------------------------------------------------+

I tried minicom --ansi, and minicom --term=ansi but this neither has an effect.

1 Answer

In your minicom config file (/etc/minirc.x or .minirc.x) put:

pu rtscts Yes

Yes for ANSI, No for VT102.

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