[BusyBox] serial console problem on BusyBox box

[Guolin Cheng]

Hi,

 Got problem with serial console on a BuxyBox 0.60.5 box, I tried to add the following lines to /etc/inittab:

....
::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
::respawn:/sbin/getty -L 9600 ttyS0 vt100
::respawn:/sbin/getty -L 9600 ttyS1 vt100
....

If it works, then I will get a console on the other end of serial cable. But it fails, while serial cable itself has no problems at all.

I tried  "::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100", but fails as well.

I can login using keyboard+screen, or telnetl. http service on the busybox works fine as well.

Any suggestions?  


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By the way, the getty usage format seems conflict with  sample /etc/inittab configuration, which one is correct

In the configuration, there are lines attached below,  tty devices is before baud rate.

                # Example of how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal) 
                #
                #::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
                #::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
                # 

 While the help for getty is conflicting:,  baud rate is placed before device name:
		# getty
		Tinylogin v1.4 (2003.11.10-02:49+0000) multi-call binary
		Usage: getty getty [OPTIONS]... baud_rate,... line [termtype]

		#