serial consoles

2011-12-24 Thread Matthew Luckie
Hi I'd like to be able to login using a null modem cable to a freebsd server, from a freebsd laptop. It doesn't need to display boot messages, just allow me to login after the system has booted. I've got a null modem cable connected to my freebsd server, and on the other end is a USB

Re: serial consoles

2011-12-24 Thread Da Rock
On 12/24/11 19:34, Matthew Luckie wrote: Hi I'd like to be able to login using a null modem cable to a freebsd server, from a freebsd laptop. It doesn't need to display boot messages, just allow me to login after the system has booted. I've got a null modem cable connected to my freebsd

Re: serial consoles

2011-12-24 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 24 Dec 2011, Matthew Luckie wrote: However, when I use cu on the laptop: sudo cu -l /dev/cuaU0 -s 9600 I never get a login prompt. If I press enter, the cursor scrolls down. Likewise other characters echo back. I'm reasonably sure that I'm connected to the appropriate com port on

Re: serial consoles

2011-12-24 Thread Matthew Luckie
On 12/25/11 04:45, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 24 Dec 2011, Matthew Luckie wrote: However, when I use cu on the laptop: sudo cu -l /dev/cuaU0 -s 9600 I never get a login prompt. If I press enter, the cursor scrolls down. Likewise other characters echo back. I'm reasonably sure that I'm

Re: serial consoles

2011-12-24 Thread Matthew Luckie
On 12/25/11 01:17, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: Perhaps the following pages will be helpful : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serial.html#SERIAL-CABLES-PORTS

Re: serial consoles

2011-12-24 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Matthew Luckie m...@luckie.org.nz wrote: On 12/25/11 01:17, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: Perhaps the following pages will be helpful : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_**US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/**

Re: serial consoles

2011-12-24 Thread Matthew Luckie
On 12/25/11 07:46, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Matthew Luckie m...@luckie.org.nz mailto:m...@luckie.org.nz wrote: One thing I have not done is touch /boot/loader.conf. I'm not worried about seeing the system boot messages, just the ability to

Question about Serial consoles.

2004-06-02 Thread Daryl Chance
If I have 1 null modem cable hooked up as follows: server1:sio0 -- server2:sio0 and setup sio0 on both server 1 2 to be serial consoles, will that work? Or do i have to have 2 null modem cables and connect them as follows: server1:sio0 -- server2:sio1 server1:sio1 -- server2:sio0 Daryl

Re: monitoring serial consoles (was Re: erorrs from spec_getpages)

2003-10-18 Thread Dmitry Morozovsky
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Dan Langille wrote: DL Moving this thread over to -questions, please don't include DL [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the reply agrred [but the please don't drop me from CC list, as I do not read -question ;)] DL That's why I always try to set up logged serial console for any machine

monitoring serial consoles (was Re: erorrs from spec_getpages)

2003-10-18 Thread Dan Langille
Moving this thread over to -questions, please don't include [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the reply On 18 Oct 2003 at 19:39, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Dan Langille wrote: [snip] DL Well I was in impression you've swapped out the disk, not cable, hence my DL assumption. Sure