[PROBLEM] Enable serial console

[mk01]

guys !

inittab is obsolete. it's presence there ia only in case any old program should reference some info there. consoles are standard upstart respawning jobs. look at

Code:

/etc/init/tty{1,2}.conf

or at the end cybor's demo. he was properly reading docs

also, serial_core and amba-pl011 are part of kernel (builtin) - at least in 3.12.7+ (xbian-package-kernel v1.3-6.10) which also is in STABLE repo as regular update since Feb.

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(7th Mar, 2014 04:48 AM)cybor Wrote:  I searched to find the right way understandig this distribution and finally, I think, I find the legit way to do it.

it is not "distro" but "init management". currently there is systemd (apple like, used in fedora for instance), upstart (by ubuntu) and old fashioned not used anymore SysV (the classics inittab + init.d)

xbian migrated to Upstart with Beta1 release.

Code:

man upstart

and yes, Ubuntu provides quite good "user level" documentation and is a good source.

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btw: for basic console init understanding:

save as /etc/init/tty3.conf

Code:

respawn

exec getty -a xbian tty3

do a

Code:

sudo start tty3

and look at third console
that's all !