getty/login problem

[lord_fleg at iinet.net.au]

hi walter,

On Wed Nov  5 17:06 , walter harms  sent:
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>running console on ttyS1 should only cause confusion
>but should not affect getty.

i agree :)

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>what version of busybox you are using ?
>what options for getty ?

d'oh!  of course...

busybox-1.12.1

and the getty...

ttyS1::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100

thanks,
fleg


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>lord_fleg at iinet.net.au schrieb:
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>> hi all,
>> when logging on via the serial port (ttyS1) i get prompted for the username when
>> i enter it and hit return it gets echoed back to me on the line below, and then 
>> when i enter the password nothing happens and it eventually times out.  
>> on entering the username/password a second time all is well.
>> 
>> essentially the same problem described in message...
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>> http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2004-August/012267.html
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>> so i tried turning off syslogd but this wasnt sufficient, i also
>> had to remove "console=ttyS1, 9600" from the kernel command line, which
>> seems to me to fit in with the advice given in the above message and does remove
>> the problem of the first login always failing.  however it means i dont
>> see the kernel boot messages.
>> 
>> is there a better solution?  and if not could someone give me an idea
>> of how big a job this is to fix and where i should start?
>> thanks,
>> fleg
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