Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> Yan Seiner wrote:
>   
>> How do I go about enabling console on the serial port for spitz?  Any 
>> particular modules that have to be loaded or any configuration?
>>
>> getty on /dev/ttyS0 isn't doing it.  I can connect, and whatever is on 
>> the other end echoes back characters, but that's about it.
>>
>> ISTR reading a HOWTO a long time ago but of course now I can't find it.
>>     
>
> It works for me for both OE.dev and Angstrom 2007.
>
> Both kernel console and inittab are configured to handle serial port by
> default. Break signal enters to SysRq debugging.
>   

Hmmm.. I'm using a CE170TS cable.. Maybe it's pinned out differently or 
something....

>   
>> I'd really like to get a console so I know why X is not starting 
>> correctly....
>>     
>
> Do you think fbdev-1.4 in OE.dev?
> Setting -mouse tslib -keybd keyboard info /etc/X11/Xserver does the
> first step. It makes some keys working.
>   
The best I got was to get the screen to flash 3 times, from which I 
assume that X is trying to start and failing....

> Second step is sleep 1 in the /etc/X11/Xinit.d/01xrandr (looks like a
> race).
> Third step... I don't know.
>   

Third step:

try to set PREFERRED_VERSION to 1.3???

:-)

--Yan



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