[OpenIndiana-discuss] console local and via SOL

2015-01-13 Thread s...@freudiger.nl
Hello I am pretty new to openindiana and am working on a custom solution to use serial over lan (SOL). I have the serial port redirected to Lan interface and am able to connect to it via the BMC/IPMI -feature of the mainboard. The output of /dev/console can be chosen by "eeprom console=ttya" an

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] console local and via SOL

2015-01-13 Thread Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems Administrator]
Hi, I guess you should try to connect to local console even it it is redirected to serial (I guess if you enable VT, you SHOULD be able to use it). Also check: a) http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/4.6+Remote+Console b) if VT is/are enabled (on my OI box): $ svcs -a | grep vt online Jan_12

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] console local and via SOL

2015-01-13 Thread s...@freudiger.nl
wow, that was fast! this did the trick: $svcadm enable vtdaemon $svcadm enable console-login:vt2 thank you! Regards, sam On 13-01-15 10:23, Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems Administrator] wrote: Hi, I guess you should try to connect to local console even it it is redirected to serial (I gue