any messages in /var/log/messages? what happens when you run it by hand as root instead of from inittab? The most important thing is that you need to try and get output fromthe command, to see exactly what it's doing wrong. You might also try switching ctrl-alt-f1 to see if there's any output there. init output sometimes goes there. - Kevin - Kevin On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:26:28 -0400, Yang Xiao <yxiao2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, > I'm trying to setup serial console on COM2 on a FC2 box, > the console was on ttyS0 until I had trouble trying to get a fax modem > to work on ttyS1, then I moved the modem to ttyS0 and it works fine, > and ttyS1 is the console now. > now, the problem, I can see the very first BIOS line but all garbage > after that, no login prompt either. > The process table show agetty is running on ttyS1 as well. > > I think the problem might be the machine is not seeing COM2? > output from setserial -a /dev/ttyS1 > > /dev/ttyS1, Line 1, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3 > Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 500, divisor: 0 > closing_wait: 30000 > Flags: spd_normal skip_test auto_irq > > I have tried to set the port manually by > /sbin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 3 uart 16550A skip_test > but it didn't do anything. > > The /etc/inittab entry for serial console : > s1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L -f /etc/issueserial 38400 ttyS1 vt100 > > and I get this error in the messages file > "init: Id "s1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes" > > but if it's not working at all, why I was able to see the BIOS line? > Please help. > > Yang > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
