Initial installation and configuration

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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