From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 09:45:45 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 976D716A4CE for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:45:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C51543D3F for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:45:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D59C45641C; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:45:42 +1200 (NZST) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:45:42 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Jani Luukkanen Message-ID: <20050408094542.GA6528@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <4254EE05.8000302@soundflows.com> <20050407192714.GA3678@osiris.chen.org.nz> <4256298D.7080704@soundflows.com> <20050408074457.GA5989@osiris.chen.org.nz> <42563AAC.9060203@soundflows.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42563AAC.9060203@soundflows.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console connection problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:45:45 -0000 On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 11:02:52AM +0300, Jani Luukkanen wrote: [...] > Ok, I presume would have to disable the "Serial terminals" section with > entries such as; > ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" ansi off secure ? Yes. You need to make sure that the 4th column says "off" on the 4.10 machine; and make sure that they say "yes" on the 5.3 machine that you're connecting to. Make sure you do a "kill -HUP 1" on both boxes so that the system rescans /etc/ttys. > The fact that the 5.3 box bios has the built-in serial terminal feature > enabled doesnt affect to this one? > In sense that it should enable the possibility to even make bios changes > or install OS wherever text mode is available. (Main idea of the thing > is to ensure availability of the other machine) I'm not sure what you're saying here. Most machines come with serial-ports; so yes, you can enable them to accept gettys so that you can access them remotely by using a serial cable. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams