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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