Re: getty question

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

--- http://www.outformations.com/~dek wrote:

> > On my machine, it's "telinit q".
> telinit is linked to init on most Linux systems

OK.

> Thanks for your troubleshooting tips, that is a big help!  I have not done 
> much with serial so wasn't sure what to try.  I'll try these tonight 
> probably, and may give you a ring if that is OK.

That's fine.

--- http://www.outformations.com/~dek wrote:

> thanks for the excellent troubleshooting suggestions, I'm stil la bit 
> stuck..starting to wonder if my cable is OK.  Here is what setserial 
> reported:
> on papa:
> /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550A port 0x03f8 irq 4 baud_base 115200 spd_normal skip_test
> 
> on tara:
> /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550A port 0x03f8 irq 4 baud_base 115200 spd_normal skip_test

These are both fine.  But, make sure you set the bauds because that is separate
from baud_base.

> I'm trying to troubleshoot remotely, so I have not tried the mouse aproach 
> yet...