[Bug #497] Provide a way to disable serial console support

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=================== Bug #497: Full Bug Snapshot ===================
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=497&group_id=68

Submitted by: jthomas                   Project: grub                           
Submitted on: 2002-May-29 01:02
Category:  Terminal                     Severity:  Major                        
Priority:  None                         Bug Group:  Software Error              
Resolution:  None                       Assigned to:  None                      
Status:  Open                           Reproducibility:  None                  
Component Version:                      

Summary:  Provide a way to disable serial console support

Original Submission:  
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=146854&repeatmerged=yes

Follow-up Comments
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Date: 2002-May-29 02:19             By: ilgiz
I had a similar problem until I figured out there was a
mouse attached to the serial port.  Before that discovery
I was able to make GRUB run without user interaction by
commenting out the following two lines in menu.lst:
    serial --speed=115200
    terminal --timeout=2 console serial

Once I disconnected the mouse, GRUB has worked even with the
above two lines uncommented.

On the issue of disabling serial port completely,
there is a --disable-serial option already present in the
configure.in file.  It *should* turns off the SUPPORT_SERIAL
C preprocessor macro by not enabling the SERIAL_SUPPORT 
automake symbol.  I haven't tested that option.  Has anyone?




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