> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Hugo Varotto wrote:
>
> >
> > OK, I don't want to make noise on this discussion, but I'd like to ask a
> > very simple question.
> >
> > I do have a spare 486 next to me ( it was going to be trashed before I
> > got hold of it ), and I'd like to implement a serial logger ( yes, I do
> > also have a serial cable ) to debug some stuff that I'm working with (
> > I'm also having Oops and all those funny things that happen when
> > something crashed hard in a kernel, and even when not, it's very
> > difficult to keep track of all the printks to follow execution ).
> >
> > Could somebody point me to a place with instructions to how to set up a
> > serial logger ? ( I've never needed one before, so I've never
> > implemented one ). Hopefully, it will help me a lot.
> >
> > As I said, a simple question, thanks in advance
>
> Search for 'logserial' on www.freshmeat.net, that'll get you the
> proggie to run under linux on the 486 to get the info from the serial
> port. On the server modify your /etc/lilo.conf and add the line in the
> appropriate place:
> append="console=ttyS0 console=tty0"
> You can check out Documentation/* for more info on that. Also
> don't forget to compile support for console on serial port in your
> kernel.
My apologies, it's disappeared from freshmeat, here's the direct
link @metalab...
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/serial/logserial-0.3.tar.gz
Stephen
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