I don't know about the security file. I'll go read up on it.
I don't think I want to use ttyS0. tty0 is supposed to refer
the currently active virtual terminal. ttyS0 refers to the
COM1 serial device (in most cases, IIRC).
Thanks,
Miles
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
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> Hello Miles , Try ttyS0 & add ttyS0 to the /etc/securetty
> file . Hth, JimL
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> On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Miles Lane wrote:
> > After reading the serial-console.txt info in linux/Documentation,
> > I added the append="console=ttyS2,115200 console=tty0" to my lilo
> > entry and reran lilo. Everything appears to work on the serial
> > port end, but all I get on the VT window is a few initial lines
> > of output about the kernel being decompressed and then I eventually
> > get a login prompt.
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong or has this functionality been broken
> > in the development kernel?
> >
> > Thankyou,
> >
> > Miles
> >
> >
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