Re: Which port is tty A on the back of a sparc 20?
Hi,
Never mind, it's Debian bug #264626 apparently.
I, for now, chowned /dev/ttyS0 to uucp and it works.
http://www.debian-administration.org/users/simonw/weblog/36
cheers
bruce
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 03:09:49PM +0000, Bruce O'Neel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ok, I don't see why it doesn't work.
>
> cu -l /dev/ttyS0
> cu: open (/dev/ttyS0): Permission denied
> cu: /dev/ttyS0: Line in use
>
>
> but I've commented out the getty on it:
>
> grep tty /etc/inittab
> # /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
> # characters of the device (after "tty").
> # Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
> # so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
> 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
> 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
> 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
> # Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
> #T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt102
> #T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
> # Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
> #T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3
>
> (and rebooted).
>
> and a getty doesn't seem to be running.
>
> ps -efl | grep get
> 0 S root 576 1 0 69 0 - 402 read_c Mar20 tty1 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> 0 S root 577 1 0 69 0 - 402 read_c Mar20 tty2 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> 0 S root 578 1 0 69 0 - 402 read_c Mar20 tty3 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
> 0 S root 579 1 0 69 0 - 402 read_c Mar20 tty4 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
> 0 S root 582 1 0 69 0 - 402 read_c Mar20 tty5 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
> 0 S root 583 1 0 69 0 - 402 read_c Mar20 tty6 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
> 0 S root 1021 959 0 69 0 - 486 pipe_w 16:09 pts/0 00:00:00 grep get
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> cheers
>
> bruce
>
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 08:38:47PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-03-20 19:29:22 +0000, Bruce O'Neel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > > On other operating systems I have used
> > >
> > > cu -l /dev/tty??
> > >
> > > to use the ttya port of my sparc20 as a console for another sparc system.
> > >
> > > Um, what tty do I use for debian?
> >
> > ttya maps to /dev/ttyS0 unter Linux, and ttyb is /dev/ttyS1
> >
> > MfG, JBG
> >
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