From: Shaun.Racine@intier.com
Date: Tue Mar 01 2005 - 08:31:03 EST
All,
Many thanks to responders for their comments / help / pointers etc;
Howard Arnold
Phil Sullivan
Chad W Baker
Arrigo Triulzi
Iain Barker
Sylvian Robitaille
Solution:
At SRM prompt,
P00>>> set console serial
P00>>> init
This enabled our DS10 to use the COM port.
Embarrassingly, the ES40 was connected to the 9-pin modem port, should be
connected to the MMJ (com 1) port. I must save face by saying this server
is remote and I was relying on local guy to look at back of server for me!
;)
For our ES40, the correct cable was located and that works fine now.
Once again, thanks for all your replies.
Regards
Shaun
Original question;
> Tru64 v5.1A PK6
>
> We have connected a null-modem serial cable between ES40 com 1 and a
> MS-Windows server. I was expecting to use Hyperterminal on the
ms-windows
> server, hit return a few times and see the login prompt. But no
response.
>
> I set Hyperterminal to 9600, software flow(XON/XOFF), 8 bit no parity, 1
> stop bit
>
> I intend to access these servers remotely to install a CSP (C1476.02
> AT_G08565: Fix for premature connection termination) in single user mode,
> and before bringing down to SRM I wanted to check connectivity over this
> serial cable.
>
> I have got exactly the same problem at another site with a DS10.
>
> Where am I going wrong?
>
> consvar "console" is currently set to graphics, should this be serial
> before I see the login prompt? Are there any other consvars which need
to
> be investigated?
Replies;
Howard Arnold;
What type of connector do you have on the ES40? I do this all the time with
my laptop, but I use two H8571-J connectors with a decconnect cable.
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Phil Sullivan
Set the console variable to serial, init the console and you should be
all set.
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Chad W Baker
You might need to put an entry in the /etc/securettys file like /dev/tty00.
I also added in an entry to the inittab file -
tty00:234:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty /dev/tty00 console vt100. I was having
problems with connecting to a terminal server, and these seemed to fix my
problems.
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Arrigo Triulzi
if you want the console to be serial then yes, you need to set it to
"serial" - this means that you will no longer need to have a video
connected to the graphics card. Normally 9600 XON/XOFF is correct.
Similarly you need to check /etc/inittab to ensure that the relevant
tty is enabled with a getty listening on it otherwise you'll never get
a prompt.
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Iain Barker
At the console set tt_allow_login to 1
This permits getty to run on the tty0 port
Or you can run getty manually for the tty0 device.
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Sylvian Robitaille
I'll be very surprised if you haven't received an answer to this yet,
but in case you haven't ...
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 Shaun.Racine@intier.com wrote:
> Where am I going wrong?
>
> consvar "console" is currently set to graphics, should this be serial
> before I see the login prompt?
Yes, this is very likely exactly where your problem lies.
> Are there any other consvars which need to be investigated?
Only if the serial port configurations have been changed, but that's
usually not likely. (check that com1_* variables match what you expect,
but unless someone has explicitly changed these, they will.)
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