On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Vick Khera <vi...@khera.org> wrote: > On two of my firewalls upgraded to 2.2.1, I see three options in > Advanced->Admin Access menu serial communications menu: > > Serial Terminal *Enables the first serial port with 115200/8/N/1 by > default, or another speed selectable below.* Note: This will redirect the > console output and messages to the serial port. You can still access the > console menu from the internal video card/keyboard. A *null modem* serial > cable or adapter is required to use the serial console.Serial Speed > 115200 57600 38400 19200 14400 9600 bps > Allows selection of different speeds for the serial console port. Primary > Console Serial Console VGA Console > Select the preferred console if multiple consoles are present. The > preferred console will show pfSense boot script output. All consoles > display OS boot messages, console messages, and the console menu. > > but on others I see: > > Serial Speed 115200 57600 38400 19200 14400 9600 bps > Allows selection of different speeds for the serial console port. Primary > Console Serial Console VGA Console > Select the preferred console if multiple consoles are present. The > preferred console will show pfSense boot script output. All consoles > display OS boot messages, console messages, and the console menu. > > > The latter is running the netgate firmware, being a netgate box. This box > configuration for /etc/ttys and loader.conf does seem to be as if the > checkbox is turned on. > > Is this intentional? >
Yes. The systems we ship pre-installed which run from a serial console have $g['enableserial_force'] = true, which makes that checkbox not appear so you can't disable the serial console on systems that only have a serial console.
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