I acquired an IBM 3151 from work that wasn't in use. I found that it had parallel-esque ports on the back that converted to RJ45 serial, then to male 3pin serial (db9 compat). Anyway, I bought a converter for the male to connect to the male port on my Linux box, and set to work trying to configure it (which I thought was a plug'n'play deal, haha, ****). Anyway, I've tried all manner of getties and cannot get it to work, and have found many references to /etc/inittab which doesn't exist, as upstart has replaced it. I tried copying the tty1 entry to ttyS0 and changing accordingly for upstart, to no avail. How do I get this stupid serial console working, and am I going to need to crossover the pins (or are they already?)...
Plz!
(PS@moderators: I wasn't entirely sure whether to post this as boot, software, network, or hardware, but since I am having the most trouble configuring kubuntu for it I chose software. If you feel it'd be more approprate or get answered quicker elsewhere, by all means please move it!)
Plz!
(PS@moderators: I wasn't entirely sure whether to post this as boot, software, network, or hardware, but since I am having the most trouble configuring kubuntu for it I chose software. If you feel it'd be more approprate or get answered quicker elsewhere, by all means please move it!)
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