SOLVED: Re: serial console access to O2?

Anton Shterenlikht mexas at bristol.ac.uk
Tue Oct 19 11:33:37 UTC 2010


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:11:29PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I can't seem to dial to a serial console on O2.
> 
> I tried a null modem and a straight through cable,
> connected to serial port 1 on O2.
> 
> I did "setenv console d" in PROM, and unplugged
> the keyboard.
> 
> I connect from another fbsd box with "cu -l /dev/cuau0"

need to use ttyu0. Solved after noting these line on the
console of the other fbsd box:


Oct 19 12:21:13 mech-anton240 login: pam_authenticate(): conversation failure
Oct 19 12:21:13 mech-anton240 login: 2 LOGIN FAILURES ON ttyu0

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Anton Shterenlikht
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