Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 00:51:07 -0600 (CST) From: David Talkington <dtalk@prairienet.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serial console Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012050049210.2611-100000@sherman.spotnet.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012050001230.2611-100000@sherman.spotnet.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Got myself out of that mess. (I'd screwed up /boot.config.) Your suggestion worked -- serial console works great. Thank you -d >Dima Dorfman wrote: > >>David Talkington wrote: >>> 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. >> >>Is ttyd0 marked 'off' in /etc/ttys? It is by default. If it is, >>change 'off' to 'on' to make it look like this: >> >> ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" cons25 on secure >> >>(yes, I changed dialup->cons25, you don't have to if you don't want >>to) >> >>Note that this won't stop a login prompt from showing up on the >>internal console. You can have both. If you don't want it, mark >>v0-v7 'off' in /etc/ttys. >> >>Once you're done with your modifications to /etc/ttys, either reboot >>or send sighup to init (`kill -1 1`). >> >>Hopefully that wasn't too confusing.. > >Not at all, but I seem to have hosed my boot loader completely. =) >I'll get back to you. > >Thanks for the help --d > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQEVAwUBOiyQX71ZYOtSwT+tAQGDHQgA3pLdxbkLOtgCBZtlgCUVaTul8LunjZFo UcfKe9feJBXjDe+W36sJkeuZXD1nFK/Oi1igflpEWApn6RXSTjMm6U73jT5HvUYF VqQgRsSNup6t9RC/2MU89eCqpEtRJeTKTb7KyKRRCSWJMhUXLoDW422VVrTMRF01 vdYbfDJuN3AwBkCEzEK5whlv+7gWQ9tA1heoLZIKBLx1v5tmQ11SkxlQtjgN/0DX yWHhKW17mIrRdlV6XbEhjF5YxezotLSp+uIGMu93Ijl5QcHtEowSl00Xfg7tJXPn WnzEl1vIFHDnvBsoCgeZa2ANI2hJxv0pRktiVaAx9bLmGD2O4ro6IA== =DdOV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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