Subject: briQ mgetty console on ttyS0
From: Christopher Murtagh (christopher.murtagh@mcgill.ca)
Date: Wed Mar 06 2002 - 16:00:03 MST
Hey gang,
Figured I'd post this question here so to avoid being burried in today's
whining on the general list.
I'm trying to get console access via serial cable on a briQ. I
installed the mgetty rpm from the 2.1 CD and I've setup
these files as follows:
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/mgetty.config
speed 9600
port ttyS0
debug 4
term vt100
ignore-carrier true
login-prompt @ console login:
direct y
toggle-dtr n
/etc/inittab (added this line, and removed mingetty)
S0:12345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS0 9600
/etc/securetty also has
ttyS0
I'm then trying to use ptelnet on my Palm IIIxe to connect (which has
connected to other vt100 type serial ports no prob).
I know that I'm connected to the briQ and I'm getting *something* cuz I
can cat /etc/issue > /dev/ttyS0 which causes ptelnet to complain about a
connection error.
Any ideas as to what might be going wrong? There's no .config in
/usr/src/linux/ but I'm assuming that the kernel (2.2.19-1mbriq - shipped
with the briQ) is compiled with CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y.
Any info would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Chris
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