On Tuesday 28 October 2008, Girish Venkatachalam wrote:
> On 08:49:13 Oct 28, ico wrote:
> > Hello gents,
> >
> > I did configure my old box with serial console probably 2 y ago.
> > Now I'd like to get it back to normal. I don't have null modem
> > cable available.
> > What needs to be changed?
> >
> > I already tried without success:
> >
> > echo "" > /etc/boot.conf
> > or
> > set tty pc0
> >
> > but I'm still not able to get login on display.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Your /etc/ttys should have the line:
>
> tty00 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure
>
>
> -Girish
Actually, you've got it backwards. The line you posted is to enable the
serial console. The original poster already has serial enabled, but now
wants to disable it. The correct line in /etc/ttys would be:
tty00 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off
The details of setup are in the FAQ-7
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#SerCon
-JCR
