Hi Brian, I'm assuming you are using the "geni586" image. The file "/etc/inittab" contains the line: -- console::respawn:/sbin/getty -L 19200 /dev/tty1 linux --
You might try commenting out that line, and reboot. Lonnie On Apr 13, 2013, at 2:39 PM, Brian Barr wrote: > I'm trying to get a surplus Alpha LED sign to work with astlinux for > displaying interesting stuff. > > My T5710 Astlinux mule has a standard serial port so I'm planning on using > that for sending the sign commands. > > Astlinux seems to grab the port after booting and listen for a console > connection: > > 1157 root /sbin/getty -L 19200 /dev/tty1 linux > > Am I correct in this assumption and if so what is the easiest way to disable > this behavior? > > Thanks, > > Brian Barr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.