[Voyage-linux] Serial port on alix 3d3 using /dev/ttyS0

[Arun Khan]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Rajarajan Rajamani
<r.rajamani at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use the serial port on the alix 3d3 using voyage 8.5
> and am unable to talk to my device (an X10 home automation dongle)
> using /dev/ttyS0. I search around and say this posting on the voyage
> mailing list.

Can you confirm that you selected ALIX profile when you created the
Voyage Linux image?

With ALIX profile the grub menu is configured to show up on the
/dev/ttS0 port of the ALIX board.
I have done it on several boards w/o any issues.

> http://www.mail-archive.com/voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk/msg02928.html
>
> I would like to know if anyone is able to use the DB9 serial port and
> if /dev/ttyS0 is the right device. I checked /etc/inittab and the line
> for getty on ttyS0 is commented out. Appreciate any clues.

/dev/ttyS0 is the console in this case; all output goes to this device.

-- Arun Khan