attach a console to a regular serial port?

[Mark Henry_1]

Hi All,

I want to console into a visualize workstation, however since it is a graphics machine, it doesn't have a dedicated console port.
Is there a way I can attach a console process to one of the (2) built in serial ports?

Thx,

Mark

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi Mark:

If by 'console process' you mean a login then all you have to do is run getty spawned by an inittab entry. SAM will do all this for you:

SAM->Peripherel Devices->Terminals & Modems->Actions->Add Terminal.

Attach a proper cable, set the terminal baudrate/wordlength/stopbits as you configured them in SAM and /etc/gettydefs and you are set.

Clay

[Mark Henry_1]

Clay,

Thanks,

Does putting it into inittab mean that it can only be run at startup? (which is fine).

Can you give me the command line version of that (in the event sam is inaccessible..)

Thx,

Mark

[Craig Rants]

There should be no problem, find out your HW Address of the serial port and create a device file for it through SAM.

Good Luck,
C

[Mark Henry_1]

Craig,

With your approach, what then after creating the device file?

Thx,

M

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Mark,

Try this link below, Looks like someone else wanted to do the same,

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=1f1eb313003980791f/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000053303247

hope this helps.

Regds

[Craig Rants]

If you create it through SAM, SAM should take care of all the getty stuff that Clay was talking about.

All you should have to do then is to hook up the console.

Hope this helps,
C