FYI serial output should be set to something like: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt102
as it appears in inittab. Using the standard getty spawn creates other problems. Thanks Fabio -- doesn't hanlde console on ttyS* on ia64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/60503 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
