Charles, Thanks for the response. Here is where I am so far...
[1] modified /etc/inittab so that my serial terminal line looks like this: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 also, I did verify that the serial port is set for com1 [2] added ttyS0 as the first entry on the list in /etc/securetty [3] backed up /etc [4] rebooted [5] didn't get anything on the terminal but I did start getting the message below on my leaf box: INIT: Id "T0" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes The above message repeats itself about very 5 minutes... Any ideas as too what this may mean would be appreciated. Thanks, Eric -----Original Message----- From: Charles Steinkuehler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:13 PM To: Eric B Kiser; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access > _system_ > Bering v1.0-rc1 > > _task_ > I want to implement serial console access to my firewall. > > _resources_ > LRP-Serial-HOWTO written by Charles. > > _questions_ > Do I need to load the serial.o module? Depends on your kernel. Try adding the following to your kernel command line (typically the syslinux append line): console=ttyS0,9600n8 > If so, where is it located? (I was unable to locate it when I was searching > through the site.) It would be with the kernel modules...typically in the "misc" directory. > It was suggested that setserial would be useful for this. Where can I find > information on this? One of the linux online man page or HOWTO sites. You probably won't need setserial if you're using a standard serial port, and have serial support compiled into the kernel. You can set baud rate and such with the kernel command line switch, and by passing parameters to your getty program. > If this has been on the list already, my search missed it. > Barring all of this is the LRP-Serial-HOWTO all that I will need? > or... > If no one has done this I will feel my way through it and report back what I > come up with. My Serial HOWTO will get you started, but that was written for Materhorn, and a 2.2 series kernel...there may be a few "tweaks" required for running on Bering with a 2.4 kernel. Keep us posted... Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
