<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8049" dir="ltr">disabling bios serial console redirection did the trick.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8049" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8049" dir="ltr">Thanks!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8080"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8085"> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8084"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8083"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8082"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8081"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8086"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8144"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Sergii Kolisnyk <kolkmail@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 11, 2016 10:39 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ipxe-devel] putty and ipxe over serial port<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8087"><br><div id="yiv4737601903"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8089">Hi,<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8088"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8090">have you tried CP437 character set? I think it's what console redirection uses.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8107"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8091">Best regards,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8092">Sergii<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Tuesday, 12 April 2016, Maule Mark <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mark_maule@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mark_maule@yahoo.com">mark_maule@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><div class="yiv4737601903yqt9233191869" id="yiv4737601903yqt75116"><blockquote class="yiv4737601903gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8093">Ah, okay. This is a server, so redirection is probably the main issue. Putty has vt100, vt400 and a variety of other emulations, so good to know that vt100 is what I need.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8095"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8094" href="">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br clear="none"> <blockquote style="margin:0 0 20px 0;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8098"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8145">On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Owen Mann</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8097"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:owen-javanet@rcn.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:owen-javanet@rcn.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8096">owen-javanet@rcn.com</a>> wrote:</div> <div style="padding:10px 0 0 20px;margin:10px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #6d00f6;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8099"> <div style="padding:1.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1.2em;word-wrap:break-word;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460469419551_8100">Not sure about the Putty part; I'd hope there was some kind of VT100 emulation you could turn on.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">As for the "jumpy cursor", is this a server? It sounds like Console Redirection is turned on in the BIOS. That doesn't play well <br clear="none">with serial console.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><br clear="none">On 04/11/16 16:56, Maule Mark wrote:<br clear="none">> Hi:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I'm fairly new to iPXE. I'm connecting a putty session to an iPXE shell across a 9600 baud serial port (COM1). My connection is <br clear="none">> via telnet to a terminal server port wired to the serial port.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> No matter what Putty settings I try for character set (UTF-8) or terminal type, I cannot seem to get a fully usable 80x25 putty <br clear="none">> window. Generally what happens is that I get an iPXE> prompt, but the cursor goes back to some line, and any characters I type <br clear="none">> end up in column 0 on that line. Commands such as 'help' work, but character input is spotty (dropped characters) and usually I <br clear="none">> only get a handful of lines of output before the output wraps up to an earlier line (not necessarily the first line of the Putty <br clear="none">> window).<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I've tried all kinds of things, disabling all of the non-serial consoles and can't get any different results. Anyone have any <br clear="none">> ideas/thoughts on this?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On a similar note, is there any way to filter out the ANSI sequences so Putty doesn't have to deal with them? I see syslog/vmware <br clear="none">> consoles seem to do that, but not sure if that will work for a serial console.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> thanks<br clear="none">> Mark<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Sent from Yahoo Mail. Get it now <</div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">https://yho.com/146xkg</a>><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> ipxe-devel mailing list<br clear="none">> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org</a><br clear="none">> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel</a><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div> </div> </blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt9233191869" id="yqt62377">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">ipxe-devel mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org" href="mailto:ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org">ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sent from Yahoo Mail. <a href="https://yho.com/146xkg">Get it now</a></div><div class="yahoo_quoted"> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Sergii Kolisnyk <kolkmail@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 11, 2016 10:39 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ipxe-devel] putty and ipxe over serial port<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv4737601903"><div>Hi,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>have you tried CP437 character set? I think it's what console redirection uses.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Sergii<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Tuesday, 12 April 2016, Maule Mark <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mark_maule@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mark_maule@yahoo.com">mark_maule@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><div class="yiv4737601903yqt9233191869" id="yiv4737601903yqt75116"><blockquote class="yiv4737601903gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Ah, okay. This is a server, so redirection is probably the main issue. Putty has vt100, vt400 and a variety of other emulations, so good to know that vt100 is what I need.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br clear="none"> <blockquote style="margin:0 0 20px 0;"> <div>On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Owen Mann</div><div><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:owen-javanet@rcn.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:owen-javanet@rcn.com">owen-javanet@rcn.com</a>> wrote:</div> <div style="padding:10px 0 0 20px;margin:10px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #6d00f6;"> <div style="padding:1.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1.2em;word-wrap:break-word;">Not sure about the Putty part; I'd hope there was some kind of VT100 emulation you could turn on.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">As for the "jumpy cursor", is this a server? It sounds like Console Redirection is turned on in the BIOS. That doesn't play well <br clear="none">with serial console.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><br clear="none">On 04/11/16 16:56, Maule Mark wrote:<br clear="none">> Hi:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I'm fairly new to iPXE. I'm connecting a putty session to an iPXE shell across a 9600 baud serial port (COM1). My connection is <br clear="none">> via telnet to a terminal server port wired to the serial port.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> No matter what Putty settings I try for character set (UTF-8) or terminal type, I cannot seem to get a fully usable 80x25 putty <br clear="none">> window. Generally what happens is that I get an iPXE> prompt, but the cursor goes back to some line, and any characters I type <br clear="none">> end up in column 0 on that line. Commands such as 'help' work, but character input is spotty (dropped characters) and usually I <br clear="none">> only get a handful of lines of output before the output wraps up to an earlier line (not necessarily the first line of the Putty <br clear="none">> window).<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I've tried all kinds of things, disabling all of the non-serial consoles and can't get any different results. Anyone have any <br clear="none">> ideas/thoughts on this?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On a similar note, is there any way to filter out the ANSI sequences so Putty doesn't have to deal with them? I see syslog/vmware <br clear="none">> consoles seem to do that, but not sure if that will work for a serial console.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> thanks<br clear="none">> Mark<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Sent from Yahoo Mail. Get it now <</div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">https://yho.com/146xkg</a>><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> ipxe-devel mailing list<br clear="none">> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org</a><br clear="none">> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel</a><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div> </div> </blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt9233191869" id="yqt62377">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">ipxe-devel mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org" href="mailto:ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org">ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></div></body></html>