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Date:      Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:36:32 -0400
From:      Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>
To:        "Robin P. Blanchard" <Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: serial console woes
Message-ID:  <20010726123631.B79454@numachi.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B60464F.229F72C6@gactr.uga.edu>; from Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 12:33:19PM -0400
References:  <3B60464F.229F72C6@gactr.uga.edu>

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On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 12:33:19PM -0400, Robin P. Blanchard wrote:
> ok...
> 
> i've followed the instructions per the handbook for setting
> up a headless box with serial console. i keep running
> into the same problem. i see the box boot (via the serial link),
> and all relevant kernel messages are displayed via the serial link;
> but i never get a login prompt. it's as if only kernel messages are being
> redirected to the serial link and i don't really have a console.
> 
> i tried forcing the serial port to be console via by adding
> 0x30 to its flags in the kernel config and still the same results.
> 
> i've also played with all imagineable combinations of -P -D and -h
> in /boot.config

Do you have getty running on either ttyd0 or cuaa0?

Line discipline matters as well...


> help?
> 
> thanks in advance.

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