serial console not accepting input?

[Dimitry Andric]

On 2013-01-23 16:43, Eggert, Lars wrote:
> I'm embarrassed to ask this newbie question, but I'm at my wit's end: I've configured a serial console according to the handbook. I see the boot messages and get the login prompt. But at no point during the boot process does the console seem to accept any input, incl. when at the boot prompt. The same serial setup works fine with other boxes.
>
> Any ideas?

CTS/RTS hardware flow control, maybe?  E.g. add ":hw" to the default
settings in /etc/gettytab, or make a specific entry with an added ":hw"
setting.

If it is a physical serial console, you could also simply have a bad
cable.  Try swapping it with working system. :)