Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:49:44 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: <cjclark@home.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Serial Console Speed Message-ID: <000801bf77a2$62a5bee0$0200000a@danco.home>
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Ah ha...a 'make clean' prior to compiling the boot blocks did the trick! Thanks for your help with this, and the moral support! --Dan ** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... ** You can download FreeBSD with it! -----Original Message----- From: Crist J. Clark <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Dan O'Connor <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> Cc: cjclark@home.com <cjclark@home.com>; freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Sunday, February 13, 2000 9:38 PM Subject: Re: Serial Console Speed >On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 02:30:02PM -0800, Dan O'Connor wrote: >> >Did you change the speeds in /etc/ttys? >> >> Yes. Here's the line from /etc/ttys: >> >> ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200" vt220 on secure >> >> Anywhere else I'm missing? > >That actually should be all you need to get the serial console >working. All of the other stuff you mentioned (BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED, >etc.) are all just to get the boot messages onto the serial console. > >If you have the above in /etc/ttys and either HUPped init(8) or booted >with this /etc/ttys, first double check that the settings at the other >end match up. And then... *sigh* I guess you need to dig into >/etc/gettytab and make sure that the settings there match the settings >on the "terminal." > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Crist J. Clark <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> >> To: Dan O'Connor <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> >> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >> Date: Sunday, February 13, 2000 2:00 PM >> Subject: Re: Serial Console Speed >> >> >> >On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 09:25:53AM -0800, Dan O'Connor wrote: >> >> Greetings, all! >> >> >> >> I'm trying to set up my FreeBSD box with a serial console over a >> null-modem >> >> cable to my Windows box running SecureCRT (serial connection, not ssh). >> My >> >> goal is to get rid of the monitor and keyboard on my FreeBSD box to >> free-up >> >> some desk space. >> >> >> >> I've followed the advice in section 13.5 of the FreeBSD Handbook and >> >> /sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.serial, and I have it working, but I can't >> >> get the connection to work at anything other than the default 9600 bps. >> >> >> >> I've added 'BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED=19200' in /etc/make.conf, recompiled >> the >> >> boot blocks and installed them using 'disklabel -B wd0'. I also added >> >> 'options CONSPEED=19200' to my kernel config file and recompiled the >> kernel. >> >> >> >> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA, >> > >> >Did you change the speeds in /etc/ttys? >> >-- >> >Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com >> > >> > > >-- >Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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