In many Linux distributions the file /dev/systty is a symbolic link to the device which is used as the by the attached monitor and keyboard. See Section 1.3 for a fuller description.
If there is no attached keyboard and monitor or no wish to give the attached keyboard and monitor greater capabilities then a text terminal, then alter /dev/systty to point to the serial console.
Rather than directly altering this symbolic link, it is better to modify the configuration file used by MAKEDEV, which is then run to recreate the symbolic link. The configuration file is in the directory /etc/makedev.d. The default configuration will point to the first virtual terminal, as shown in Figure 7-4.
Modify this to point to the serial port being used by the console, as shown in Figure 7-5.
Figure 7-5. Alter value of /dev/systty in MAKEDEV configuration file
bash# cd /etc/makedev.d bash# fgrep systty * linux-2.4.x:l systty tty0 bash# vi linux-2.4.x |
l systty ttyS0 |
Now re-create /dev/systty using its new definition, as shown in Figure 7-6.
Figure 7-6. Installing new value of /dev/systty
bash# cd /dev bash# rm systty bash# ./MAKEDEV systty |