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    NanoBSD disable serial console redirection / 2.3.1

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      pfsense_user_123
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      Hi,
      How Can I disable serial console redirection on ALIX (nanobsd) ?
      I want to user serial port for something else.
      I remember that this "check box" was available in previous versions in System=>Advanced=>redirect serial console…

      But in new version... no luck :-(

      loader.conf is overwritten after reboot to default settings.

      cat /boot/loader.conf

      loader_color="NO"
      beastie_disable="YES"
      autoboot_delay="1"
      boot_serial="YES"
      console="comconsole"
      comconsole_speed="115200"
      hw.usb.no_pf="1"

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        cmb
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        That option to enable/disable only exists on full installs, serial nano forces serial console on. The difference you're seeing is that 2.3.1+ correctly applies the console config where mismatched during boot. There isn't currently a way of disabling that, short of modifying the source. That wasn't a use case we anticipated, you're the first I've heard of doing that.

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          robi
          last edited by

          +1 for this.
          I want to use the single serial port on my device using NanoBSD as a GPS-timed NTP server, and NTP keeps complaining that /dev/cuau0 is busy.
          How to free up the serial port?

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