> From: Thomas Duffy <tduffy@dbear>
>
> I have read this document before and I went over it just a minute ago as a
> refresher. Still, I cannot find an answer to my problem.
>
> I can get lilo and the kernel to print to the serial port. And I can get
> "getty" to start on the serial lin. But, I cannot get stuff written out
> to console (like the initscritps messages or the logon in single user
> mode) to come out. That is my problem. I want /everything/ to come out
> on the serial line.
Is the problem here that the console goes away when devfs gets mounted?
>
> The only way I have found to fix this problem is to remove /dev/console
> and re-mknod it as the serial line. I agree this is an ugly hack and if
> you know of a better way, then I would love to hear it. But this hack
> which I normally do does not work under devfs.
You cannot mknod on a devfs filesystem. It's a VFS like /proc with
fairly limited capabilities (that's by design, the goal is for any device
node found under /dev to correspond to a real physical device). Have
you tried using devfsd to create a symlink from /dev/console to
/dev/ttyS0?
>
> -tduffy
>
> On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Khimenko Victor wrote:
>
> > 4-Aug-00 12:59 you wrote:
> > > So, I have been having a problem getting devfs to allow me to make
> > > /dev/console redirected to the serial port.
> >
> > Really ? How so ?
> >
> > > On an non devfs system, I simply removed /dev/console and then re-mknod it
> > > to be c 4 64 which corresponds to ttyS0.
> >
> > Aah. Yeah, if you usually come to the house through the window it looks like
> > reasonable solution. Still most peoples prefer door. Why not RTFM at last
> > (/usr/src/linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt) ?
> >
There's no place for this kind of arrogance here. Save it for people
who will be suitably impressed.
- leo
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Leo Dagum SGI Mountain View, CA 94043 (650-933-2179)
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