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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:29:54AM -0700, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: |
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> Since I've been configuring a couple of systems lately for remote |
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> access, which include configuring the serial console, I'm wondering if |
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> it would be a good idea to change our inittab so that the default |
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> (commented out) definition of the serial consoles is a bit more.. modern. |
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> The current definition sets the console at 9600 baud, using vt100 |
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> emulation; I think most of us who configure it, do so at 115200 baud, |
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> and some prefer vt-utf8 over vt100 (the two are partially compatible as |
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> far as I can tell). |
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> Of the two systems I've configured – a SuperMicro server which is the |
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> new tinderbox host, and an HP for work – both have the default IPMI |
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> configuration for Serial-over-LAN set at 115200, and the HP also had |
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> VT-UTF8 by default for emulation (SuperMicro defaulted to vt100 but |
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> still allows utf8). |
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> Comments? |
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Makes sense to me, nice idea. |
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greg k-h |