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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