In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Sailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Has anyone actually gotten the serial console stuff to work with the >newer kernels?
Yes, I have ;) You mean the 2.1.x kernels I presume? I'll talk about that. BTW, there is a backport of the 2.1.x serial console stuff to 2.0.x at ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/kernel/ >It works to a point, with lilo allowing input from >the serial port, and the initial kernel messages going to the port, >but right after it initializes the swap, all I/O stops at the serial >port. When the system is rebooted, the shutdown messages go to the >port. I'm clueless at this point... Read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt. It explains that you need to create a new /dev/console device. The only thing it doesn't state is that if you want to use for example /dev/ttyS1 as a console you obviously also need to run a regular getty on it from /etc/inittab in order to login after the boot process has finished. Mike. -- "Seed me, Seymour" -- a random number generator meets the big green mother from outer space
