From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id CAA90538 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 02:05:45 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id CAA98568 for linux-list; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 02:05:02 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id CAA14433 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 02:05:00 -0800 (PST) mail_from (richard@infopact.nl) Received: from smtp1.casema.net (sun4000.casema.net [195.96.96.97]) by sgi.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id CAA08652 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 02:04:55 -0800 (PST) mail_from (richard@infopact.nl) Received: from infopact.nl (9dyn196.breda.casema.net [195.96.116.196]) by smtp1.casema.net (8.9.1/CASEMA) with ESMTP id LAA13042 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 11:04:53 +0100 (MET) Posted-Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 11:04:53 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <36860751.B3725CD@infopact.nl> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 02:09:21 -0800 From: Richard Hartensveld X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.5 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com" Subject: return of the console on serial Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Hi, Compilation is all going well now, and when i boot my new kernel, it says: 'console is ttyS0' (or ttyS1, that depends on the boot option) But doesn't do anything with it it seems. i'm still getting the 'unable to open initial console', which should be the terminal on the serial port. Is this not supported yet?? Cheers, Richard