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NanoBSD disable serial console redirection / 2.3.1

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    pfsense_user_123
    last edited by Jun 27, 2016, 4:58 PM

    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
      last edited by Jun 28, 2016, 3:19 AM

      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 Oct 14, 2016, 11:32 AM

        +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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