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Date:      Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:38:02 +0100
From:      Morten Vinding Nielsen <morten.vinding.Nielsen@mobilix.dk>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: [4.1-STABLE] Serial console "hanging" on boot ...
Message-ID:  <2D3005375CAED31199D00008C784963F015D73C5@ms02.mobilix.dk>

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Try:

console "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on  secure

in /etc/ttys

Of course you have to change 9600 if you use a different speed.

Works for me.

Morten

-----Original Message-----
From: The Hermit Hacker [mailto:scrappy@hub.org]
Sent: 16. august 2000 23:31
To: Joe Greco
Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: [4.1-STABLE] Serial console "hanging" on boot ...



odd, now I get a login prompt, but I still have a keyboard that is dead ;(

and you are right, it has to be ttyd0 ..


On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joe Greco wrote:

> > > Ummm... "try turning it on in /etc/ttys"  :-)
> > > 
> > > Lack of getty is the typical cause of not getting a login: prompt.
:-)
> > 
> > d'oh, it can't be that simple ... can it? :(  just set 'console' to on
in
> > /etc/ttys?  I probably had it and overwrote it without realizing when I
> > did a mergemaster :(
> 
> Actually, I'm not at all sure you're supposed to use "console".  I use
> ttyd0, here.
> -- 
> ... Joe
> 
>
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