Hi Hendrik, thanks for the reply... i will try it out.
i did not see this book... thanks! Offer Baruch On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Hendrik Brueckner < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Offer, > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 09:32:17AM +0200, Offer Baruch wrote: > > I have setup my linux guests to work with a terminal server (on redhat > > V5.6)... > > I want my 3270 to be the preferred console (that is all messages should > be > > logged there). > > I also want ot be able to login and work both from 3270 and iucv... > > i did manage to get all messages logged on my 3270 and some on my hvc0 > > (placing the ttyS0 last) but i am unable to login from hvc0. > > I just don't get a login prompt... > > > > these are the kernel parameters i am using: > > hvc_iucv=8 console=hvc0 console=ttyS0 > > These kernel parameters look good. You can use all 8 hvc devices to log > in to > your Linux instance. The console parameters also correct for you intended > set up mentioned above. > > > > this is how my initab console statements looks like: > > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty console --noclear > > This provides you the login prompt on the _preferred_ console. It is > indicated by the last console= parameter. In your setup, this is "ttyS0". > > > t1:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/iucvtty hvc0 > > This actually starts an iucvtty instance using the "hvc0" terminal > identifier. > The iucvtty program is an alternative to the kernel-provided terminal > devices. > You might try to issue "iucvconn vm_user_id hvc0" to connect to the iucvtty > instance. > > > what am i missing? > > > To enable logins on the hvc0..hvc7 terminals, for example, hvc0, create a > new > inittab entry of this form: > > h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear hvc0 > > > I couldn't find any good documentation about this... > > Have you check the terminal server how-to? > > You can find some sample inittab entries in the "Setting up HVC devices" in > http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/linux390/docu/l26dht00.pdf > > Thanks and kind regards, > Hendrik > > -- > Hendrik Brueckner > [email protected] | IBM Deutschland Research & > Development GmbH > Linux on System z Development | Schoenaicher Str. 220, 71032 Boeblingen > > > IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martina Koederitz > Geschaeftsfuehrung: Dirk Wittkopp > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Boeblingen > Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
