I cannot for the life of me get a serial console working! :madashell: I've tried an Ubuntu forum (with currently 7982 users online) and no replies. I will probably have better luck here. I see that Ubuntu changed things around, /etc/inittab is gone. It looks as if /etc/init/ttyS0.conf has replaced inittab. Here is what I have so far.
/etc/ini/ttyS0.conf# ttyS0 - getty
#
# This service maintains a getty on ttyS0 from the point the system is
# started until it is shut down again.
start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
exec /sbin/getty -L 57600 ttyS0 vt102
redrumloa@redrumloa:/dev$ dmesg | grep ttyS
[ 0.974946] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.975200] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
redrumloa@redrumloa:/etc/init$ id -Gn |grep dialout
redrumloa adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare
redrumloa@redrumloa:/etc/init$ ps -ef | egrep ttyS0
root 1560 1 0 19:40 ttyS0 00:00:00 /sbin/getty -L 57600 ttyS0 vt102
1000 2545 2411 0 20:13 pts/1 00:00:00 egrep --color=auto ttyS0
redrumloa@redrumloa:/dev$ ls -l ttyS0
crw------- 1 root root 4, 64 2010-04-12 19:40 ttyS0
The only possible problem I see is in permissions and group for /dev/ttyS0. Every time I chmod (to 777) and chgrp (to dialout), it does not help. I am still unable to log into to a serial console and the permissions and group goes back to default above after ever reboot.
Any help would be appreciated.
