Thomas Duffy writes:
> 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.
>
> 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.
Hm. Try /dev/tty0 (/dev/vc/0) instead. There should be a device which
corresponds to your real console. In fact, if /dev/console doesn't go
to your (serial) console, I'd argue that it's a bug in the console
driver.
Anyway, I'll leave it for others to sort this out: I'm on holidays.
Regards,
Richard....
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