serial console device missing

[Yasholomew Yashinski]

John-Mark Gurney wrote:

> what does:
> ls -l /dev/cua*
> 
> return?

# ls -l /dev/cua*
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  31 Mar 28 23:19 /dev/cuau0
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  32 Mar 14 12:20 /dev/cuau0.init
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  33 Mar 14 12:20 /dev/cuau0.lock
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  37 Mar 14 12:20 /dev/cuau1
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  38 Mar 14 12:20 /dev/cuau1.init
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  39 Mar 14 12:20 /dev/cuau1.lock
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  45 Mar 14 12:20 /dev/cuau3
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  46 Mar 14 12:20 /dev/cuau3.init
crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  47 Mar 14 12:20 /dev/cuau3.lock
# cu -l /dev/cuau1
Connected

cuau1 appears to be the winner, thanks. For future reference, where
should one be looking to determine this on their own?

 Thanks again,

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Yashy