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Initial installation and configuration

Kaming kaming@team.outblaze.com
04 Jan 2002 14:16:30 +0800


Hi,

May be you can try to install getty instead of mgetty. It is not the
standard package in linux 7.0, you may need to download it from
rpmfind.net. I can connect to the serial console successfully by using
getty. Of course, you need to replace mgetty with getty in inittab.

Thanks.

Kaming.

On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 13:37, Shal Halka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm experiencing difficulties in getting Conserver working after the initial 
> installation. I am able to start the conserver daemon, however when I 
> connect using 'console -a serverA', I don't get the serverA's console login. 
> No output appears, other than the ^Ec escape sequence. 'console -u' shows 
> that the port is up, but the communication is still a problem.
> 
> I've installed a Cyclom Y RISC-Based Multiport Serial Board (16 port, db25 
> pin) to a standalone p.c running Linux Redhat 7.0 kernel 2.2.16-22 i686. The 
> software provided with the board successfully tested its installation. I 
> then extracted the tarball, and ran the following commands for installation:
> 
> # ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/conserver \
> --with-cffile=/usr/local/conserver/etc/conserver.cf \
> --pwdfile=/usr/local/conserver/etc/conserver.passwd
> 
> # make
> # make install
> 
> ---
> 
> My conserver.cf file contains the following information:
> 
> LOGDIR=/var/log
> serverA:/dev/ttyC0:9600:&:15m
> %%
> allowed:  127.0.0.1 serverA
> 
> ---
> 
> My conserver.passwd file contains:
> 
> root:*passwd*:any
> shal:*passwd*:any
> 
> ---
> 
> I read elsewhere that mingetty  doesn't suffice for serial lines so I 
> installed a mgetty rpm, however it hasn't resolved my problem. My 
> /etc/inittab file is the generic installation file, with this entry for 
> mgetty:
> 
> s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -r -s 9600 /dev/ttyC0
> 
> ---
> 
> I'm a new user, so I'm not sure what else needs to be considered when 
> configuring the setup. The Linux PC's only purpose is to act at the console 
> access server, it's not networked. The intention is to attach the serial 
> consoles of several Sun servers to the serial board. If more information is 
> required, please advise so I can provide these. Any assistance is very much 
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shal Halka
> Unix Systems Administrator
> 
> 
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