From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 8 11:04:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA05886 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:04:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA05875 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:04:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA17412; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 12:00:09 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199603081900.MAA17412@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Serial console? To: mdz@netrail.net (Matt Zimmerman) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 12:00:09 -0700 (MST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Matt Zimmerman" at Mar 8, 96 01:41:02 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > Uh, console code doesn't send escape sequences; programs do. Console > > code interprets escape sequences. > > > > To make the serial console interpret VT100/220 escape sequences, attach > > a VT100/220 compatible terminal. 8-). > > Eh? I realize this, but how do I get FreeBSD to USE a serial console? I > wasn't aware if this was possible/had been done or not. > > Having a terminal on a serial port is not what I want...I want console > messages (at boot, panics, etc.) to go to a console attached to a serial > port. If this is as simple as you've made it sound, by all means > enlighten me :-) Unplug your keyboard or set the option and rebuild your kernel (see the LINT configuration file for documentation). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.