On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Vick Khera 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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