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Serial Console speed/tty
The AstLinux board type of “geni586-serial” assumes a serial console of 19200 baud on /dev/ttyS0 . Described here is a method to change the serial console speed/tty, not only currently but also automatically after upgrades.
This applies to the board type of “geni586-serial” and all other serial console board types, “net5501”, “alix”, etc. .
Note: AstLinux 1.0.4 or later is required
After setting-up AstLinux and creating the persistent storage, the setconsole-speed-tty
command is used to make changes to the serial console speed/tty settings.
Usage:
Usage: setconsole-speed-tty [ show|reset|help ] 9600|19200|38400|57600|115200 [ ttySn ]
To issue this command you must either SSH into the AstLinux box, or use the CLI tab in the web interface with the “CLI Proxy Server” enabled in the Network tab. Some example command arguments are:
Set console speed to 38400 baud, using default ttyS0
setconsole-speed-tty 38400
Set console speed to 115200 baud, using /dev/ttyS1
setconsole-speed-tty 115200 ttyS1
Display current settings
setconsole-speed-tty show
Reset /etc/inittab to default factory state with matching kernel console= values
setconsole-speed-tty reset
This setconsole-speed-tty
command is mostly intended for the board type of “geni586-serial” so as to support more hardware without creating new board types, this command may also be useful for other board types. For example, suppose you have both Soekris net5501 (19200 baud default) and PC Engines alix (38400 baud default) hardware and want a common terminal to as as a console. The net5501 can have it's default console speed easily changed from it's BIOS.