From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 8 11:15:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA06367 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:15:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA06339 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:15:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from netrail.net (mdz@netrail.net [205.215.6.3]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id KAA29012 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:47:35 -0800 Received: (from mdz@localhost) by netrail.net (8.7.3/8.6.12) id NAA10130; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 13:41:02 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 13:41:02 -0500 (EST) From: Matt Zimmerman To: Terry Lambert cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial console? In-Reply-To: <199603081833.LAA17338@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, 8 Mar 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > 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 :-) // Matt Zimmerman Chief of System Management NetRail, Inc. // mdz@netrail.net sales@netrail.net // (703) 524-4800 [voice] (703) 524-4802 [data] (703) 534-5033 [fax]