serial console config

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 06:48 -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> What's the recommended way to configure a serial console in Fedora 9
> with upstart? /etc/event.d/serial requires some fedora-centric event to
> be emitted but I'm not sure where this is supposed to be generated.
> 
> <aside> time was, you could just setup a serial console in 3 seconds, I
> guess I'm pining for the good old days...or some documentation.

here's what worked for me
make a file named /etc/event.d/ttyS0 (or whatever serial port you want)

start on runlevel 1
start on runlevel 2
start on runlevel 3
start on runlevel 4
start on runlevel 5

stop on runlevel 0
stop on runlevel 6

respawn
exec /sbin/agetty ttyS0 9600 vt100-nav


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