[moved to -stable from -security]
"Crist J. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Adam Laurie wrote,
> > Crist J. Clark wrote:
> > > > Anyway, to cut a long story short, I would prefer to simply do something
> > > > in /etc/rc.local to force the console back to local kb/vga, or disable
> > > > the serial console in the kernel itself... so my question is: what? Is
> > > > there such a command/setting?
> > > If a console has "died," you should [HUP init]
> > Unfortunately not. I assume it only tries to refresh the serial console.
> I don't think so. Is the getty(8) for the device (I assume ttyv0) still
> in the ps(1) output? If it is, perhaps kill it. Either kill it dead
> and SIGHUP init(8) to start the new one, or maybe some signal (a HUP?)
> refreshes a getty.
You're totally off the track. His problem is that the kernel (or the
boot loader) decides that there is no built-in console and uses a
serial console instead. This has nothing to do with init(8). I guess
the right person to answer this kind of question would be Mike Smith
or Daniel Sobral.
DES
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