On 7 May 2009, at 17:55, John Martin wrote: > Chris Ridd wrote: >> >> I can give that a try, but maybe it is worth getting some >> diagnostic info first. >> >>> Does this system have a serial port (ttya)? >> >> Yes it does. >> > The original post says the box no longer responds to pings and USB > mouse/keyboard > activity ceases. Setting the console to the serial port allows > debugging of a box > stuck at a high priority.
It wedged a couple of times this morning, so I figured I'd set up a serial console :-) The console (minicom running on Linux) seems to be output-only - is there any magic required to have an interactive serial console *and* an interactive X server? Cheers, Chris
