Re: Serial console setup

[Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>]

jgw%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
> Also, I was looking through the mlist archives and saw mention that
> /dev/console was suppose to be replaced by /dev/constty ?  Maybe that's
> the issue?

I don't think so, since the stock /etc/ttys has

console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   on secure
constty "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   off secure

and I have made no change to that on my machines.  I have made no
changes to boot.cfg any other configuration file, either, but I do
have the boot block configured to use a serial console (as in
installboot -e -o console=com0).

I always use crossover cables that ensure CD is asserted by wiring
both DSR and CD to the DTR pin of the other end, but if yours doesn't,
I would have thought the "local" keyword in /etc/ttys would take care
of that.  Or maybe you need to use "softcar" instead?
-- 
Andreas Gustafsson, gson%gson.org@localhost