Headless System via serial port?

Vivek Khera khera at kcilink.com
Tue Dec 16 13:36:02 PST 2003


>>>>> "MS" == Minnesota Slinky <mnslinky at yahoo.com> writes:

MS> terminal.  Everything loaded fine, until the login prompt.  Last thing I
MS> saw was the current time and date on hyperterm.  On the monitor was the
MS> login screen.  I couldn't even log in via ssh.  If I boot with a
MS> keyboard/mouse, I get a normal system and I can log in via ssh.

you need to tell the system to offer a login prompt on the serial
line.  edit your /etc/ttys and enable the ttyd0 and "kill -HUP 1" to
activate your changes.

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