Re: how to setup serial console on my mac?

[Tomas D <u0giene%yahoo.com@localhost>]

--- On Wed, 12/3/08, Donald Lee <MacPPC2%caution.icompute.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> Sorry.  That question is beyond my meager expertise.  I
> think it's a "wscons"
> question. (?)
> 
> -dgl-

I checked some info on wscons, IMHO don't think it's that. Getty on the other 
hand IMHO looks like it:

     getty, uugetty -- set terminal modes for system access
     The getty program is called by init(8) to open and initialize the tty
     line, read a login name, and invoke login(1).  The devices on which to
     run getty are normally determined by ttys(5).

and TTYS(5) states;
     The file ttys contains information that is used by various routines to
     initialize and control the use of terminal special files.  This informa-
     tion is read with the getttyent(3) library routines.

EXAMPLES
     # root login on console at 1200 baud
     console "/usr/libexec/getty std.1200"   vt100   on secure
     # dialup at 1200 baud, no root logins
     ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty d1200"      dialup  on      # 555-1234
     # Mike's terminal: hp2621
     ttyh0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   hp2621-nl       on      # 457 Evans
     # John's terminal: vt100
     ttyh1   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on              # 459 Evans
     # terminal emulate/window system
     ttyv0   "/usr/new/xterm -L :0"          vs100   on 
window="/usr/new/Xvs1000"
     # Network pseudo ttys -- don't enable getty
     ttyp0   none    network
     ttyp1   none    network off


It looks like my config is OK
wally# cat /etc/ttys
console "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  vt100   off secure
ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on secure
ttyZ0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  vt100   on secure
ttyZ1   "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  vt200   on secure

Why I'm not able to logon via ttyZ0 or ttyZ1? :-(