[Voyage-linux] Newbie question about initial Voyage install.

[Jon Meek]

You will also need to comment the getty line in /etc/inittab:

# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
#
T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 38400
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100

In the above case, T0 needs to be commented.

Some of the ALIX boards have a second serial port, but using them might
require soldering in a header.

There is also a LPC Bus header that could support more serial ports. Has anyone
been able to make use of the LPC Bus?

Thanks,

Jon

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Nick L. <nycparamedic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The Console Interface is for a VGA monitor if your hardware has that. The
>> Serial Terminal is for a serial (rs-232) port. This puts your interactive
>> console (i.e. login screen) onto the specified device. You'll need to change
>> your grub menu.1st file and take out the serial console stuff. That is where
>> it is controlled. Without a console if networking does not work you won't be
>> able to log in. Best practice in this situation would be to write the ip
>> address onto the case.
>
> Thanks for the info, that clarified quite a bit. So, I won't run into
> any other issues running an IR receiver off the serial port if I just
> edit the Grub file?
>
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