it worked after i fixed the cable and a few other things too.
i want the getty because after the console printouts come out
i wanted the login prompt to show up so that i can login from
serial port for my headless system.
i found the best document for this was:
http://www.linuxhq.com/doc22/serial-console.txt
thanks everyone.
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher E. Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 3:01 PM
To: Jay R. Ashworth
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: serial console not working
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 11:18:43AM -0400, Gonda, Rumi wrote:
> > i am trying to setup serial console and added the following line
> > to my /etc/inittab file:
> >
> > S0:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0 DT19200 vt100
> >
> > and i tried to test it using:
> >
> > echo hello world >> /dev/ttyS0
>
> I have a stinking suspicion that if you're trying to use ttyS0 as a
> serial _console_, that you don't _want_ a getty running on it. The
> kernel will likely do the work.
You still need a getty on the console, the serial console gets
you all console messages at boot and after though. Remember, you run
getty on ttyx anyway, and /dev/console maps to whatever vty you are on
at that point.
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