Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:55:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: serial console stops just before login prompt Message-ID: <20040713185354.Q527@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20040713145835.GD21962@eddie.nitro.dk> References: <20040713143612.53207.qmail@web50708.mail.yahoo.com> <20040713145835.GD21962@eddie.nitro.dk>
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2004.07.13 07:36:12 -0700, Kim Culhan wrote: > > > Setup serial console as follows: > [...] > > At this point there is no login: prompt on the terminal. > > You need to change /etc/tty's to start a getty on the serial console. > E.g. for the first serial port change > > ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure > to > ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.115200" dialup on secure you get much better behavior if you set the terminal type to something like vt100 :) 'dialup' is a magic terminal type thats supposed to kick the user into providing a terminal type. For a hardwired terminal, that may do the wrong thing. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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