From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 8 0:19: 7 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 00:19:05 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n37.san.rr.com (dt051n37.san.rr.com [204.210.32.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F31237B400 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 00:19:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from FreeBSD.org (Studded@master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n37.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA10464; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 00:19:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Sender: doug@dt051n37.san.rr.com Message-ID: <3A309976.52C3DAFC@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 00:19:02 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Talkington Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: serial console References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Talkington wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hi folks - > > I managed to get boot messages displayed to the serial console, but > then the login prompt goes to the internal console. No opportunity is > given for login to the serial console except during the boot process. > When I interrupt the boot for a prompt, and do "show", I see > console=comconsole, which looks promising; completing the boot > displays all messages to serial, then terminates its output with a > date string, and then no response. login: then appears on the > internal console. That's about all I know. You're making a common mistake, confusing a serial console with a serial tty. As you've discovered, you can have one without the other. Someone else already explained how to enable the tty, but I thought I'd take this opportunity to let you know you're in good company. :) Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message