Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:51:21 +0300 | From | Valentin Podlovchenko <> | Subject | Re: setting up serial console |
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On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 06:37:25PM +0530, Raju K V wrote: > hi, > > I am trying to get my serial console to work so that the next time my > machine has an Oops. Buti, t doesn't seem to be working properly. I read > serial-console.txt and did the foll: > > cd /dev > rm -f console tty0 > mknod -m 622 console c 5 1 > mknod -m 622 tty0 c 4 0 > > I also added the console entries in /etc/lilo.conf > cat /etc/lilo.conf > boot=/dev/sda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > prompt > timeout=50 > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13 > label=linux > append="console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0" > root=/dev/sdb5 > read-only > > and ran lilo. > > Since I dont have another linux machine, I connected a nullmodem from > COM2 of machine running WinNT to COM1 of my linux machine. On the NT > machine I ran hyperterminal and started 'capture text' > > I also removed /etc/ioctl.save and reboot the machine. > On reboot, most of the messages appeared on the NT machine but some > messages like fsck output and 'starting sendmail' etc did not appear. > Any reason as to why they do not appear? > > Also when I do > insmod driver.o > the system panices due to some problem in driver.o. The panic messages > appear on the console but not on the serial console. Any reason? > > Also when I write something to /dev/console it appears on the console > but not on the serial console. For writing to serial console I will have > to specifically write to /dev/ttyS0. > > Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? > Please get back to me for more info. > > Thanks in advance, > Raju
Try to add into your /etc/inittab:
# Run gettys in standard runlevels 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 7:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty ttyS0 <--- This line
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