Re: no login prompt on tty00

2006-10-17 Thread Ryan Corder
On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 02:28 +0800, Lars Hansson wrote: > Not necessarily, it might work if you dont configure a serial console in > OpenBSD. that's just the thing...I don't have, nor want a serial console. I just need an additional TTY up and running with a login so that I can manage all my machi

Re: no login prompt on tty00

2006-10-16 Thread Lars Hansson
Ryan Corder wrote: so I guess I'm just SOL? Not necessarily, it might work if you dont configure a serial console in OpenBSD. --- Lars

Re: no login prompt on tty00

2006-10-16 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 10:05:15PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2006/10/16 13:39, Ryan Corder wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 16:56 +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > are you using bios console redirection? if so, try changing it so > > > it only redirects the bios startup screens and _no

Re: no login prompt on tty00

2006-10-16 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/10/16 13:39, Ryan Corder wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 16:56 +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > are you using bios console redirection? if so, try changing it so > > it only redirects the bios startup screens and _not_ the OS. > > the bios on my board forces it on...so I can't turn it off

Re: no login prompt on tty00

2006-10-16 Thread Ryan Corder
On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 16:56 +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > are you using bios console redirection? if so, try changing it so > it only redirects the bios startup screens and _not_ the OS. the bios on my board forces it on...so I can't turn it off. I'm guessing the getty in Linux (agetty on Gent

Re: no login prompt on tty00

2006-10-16 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/10/16 09:35, Ryan Corder wrote: > I've been working on this for a bit now, but something keeps eluding me. > I haven't had this problem before that I can recall, but when trying to > use a serial tty, I get no login prompt. are you using bios console redirection? if so, try changing it so

no login prompt on tty00

2006-10-16 Thread Ryan Corder
I've been working on this for a bit now, but something keeps eluding me. I haven't had this problem before that I can recall, but when trying to use a serial tty, I get no login prompt. my relevant /etc/ttys line: tty00 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt220 on snipped output of 'ps -ax':