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    • J
      jmcentire last edited by

      Is it possible to enable the serial console on COM2 instead of COM1?  …or change how pfsense assigns COM1 and COM2?

      My situation, if you want more info, is on the SGS 5420 there is an LCD wired into COM1 header, COM2 port is soldered into the board so I can't change the wiring of the lcd to COM2.  No VGA output so I need a serial console.  Thanks!

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        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate last edited by

        Not easily. You might be able to do some of it by editing /etc/ttys but I don't think that will get you the console messages, might just get you a login prompt.

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          jmcentire last edited by

          I was able to switch the com port settings in the bios, but bsd still connects cuad0 to the lcd and cuad1 to the port.

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            jmcentire last edited by

            Does anyone know why when booting with ACPI disabled it switches com ports…see below
            ACPI Enabled
            LCD = /dev/cuad0
            Port = /dev/cuad1
            ACPI Disabled
            Port = /dev/cuad0
            LCD = /dev/cuad1

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