serial console not accepting input?

[Eggert, Lars]

Hi,

On Jan 23, 2013, at 17:04, Dimitry Andric <dim at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 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.

nope, I don't even get a login prompt if I do that.

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

Spent the last few hours fiddling with the cabling and the various BIOS serial redirection options (it's a Dell 2950). My best guess is that the serial port on the box is physically broken.

Thanks for the help!

Lars