If ever you encounter a console with output such as below, it can be easily be remedied by fixing the /etc/ttydefs file.
ttymon: unable to find <console> in "/etc/ttydefs" +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ü ×AÒNÉNG ü ü Ôèe ðroçráíó áîä äátá ótoreä oî tèió óùóteí áre liceîóeä to¬ or áre ü ü ðriöáte ðroðertù of¬ ÔÅÌUS áîä áre láwfõllù áöáiláâle oîlù to áõtèoriúeä ü ü õóeró for áððroöeä ðõrðoóeó. Uîáõtèoriúeä ácceóó to áîù ðroçráí or äátá ü ü oî tèió óùóteí ió îot ðeríitteä¬ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ü ×AÒNÉNG ü ü Ôèe ðroçráíó áîä äátá ótoreä oî tèió óùóteí áre liceîóeä to¬ or áre ü ü ðriöáte ðroðertù of¬ ÔÅÌUS áîä áre láwfõllù áöáiláâle oîlù to áõtèoriúeä ü ü õóeró for áððroöeä ðõrðoóeó. Uîáõtèoriúeä ácceóó to áîù ðroçráí or äátá ü ü oî tèió óùóteí ió îot ðeríitteä¬ áîä áîù õîáõtèoriúeä ácceóó âeùoîä tèió ü ü ðoiît íáù leáä to ðroóecõtioî áîä¯or äióciðliîárù áctioî. ü ü Ôèió óùóteí íáù âe íoîitoreä át áîù tiíe for oðerátioîál reáóoîó. ü ü Éf ùoõ áre îot áî áõtèoriúeä õóer¬ äo îot átteíðt to loç oî. ü +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ SÅÏS: Òeótoreä ótrrèeáä rðõt×AÒNÉNG: locëä: cáîîot coîtáct ótátä (error ´©¬ coîtiîõiîç×AÒNÉNG: óöc_tli_ëcreáte: xðrt_reçióter fáileä×AÒNÉNG: locëä: cáîîot coîtáct ótátä
To fix the console, we need to login to the Solaris server via SSH and edit the /etc/ttydefs and add the following line:
console:9600 hupcl opost onlcr crtscts:9600::console
After adding the following line, your /etc/ttydefs would look like this:
root@solaris# cat /etc/ttydefs # VERSION=1 460800:460800 hupcl:460800 hupcl::307200 307200:307200 hupcl:307200 hupcl::230400 230400:230400 hupcl:230400 hupcl::153600 153600:153600 hupcl:153600 hupcl::115200 115200:115200 hupcl:115200 hupcl::76800 76800:76800 hupcl:76800 hupcl::57600 57600:57600 hupcl:57600 hupcl::38400 38400:38400 hupcl:38400 hupcl::19200 19200:19200 hupcl:19200 hupcl::9600 9600:9600 hupcl:9600 hupcl::4800 4800:4800 hupcl:4800 hupcl::2400 2400:2400 hupcl:2400 hupcl::1200 1200:1200 hupcl:1200 hupcl::300 300:300 hupcl:300 hupcl::460800 460800E:460800 hupcl evenp:460800 evenp::307200 307200E:307200 hupcl evenp:307200 evenp::230400 230400E:230400 hupcl evenp:230400 evenp::153600 153600E:153600 hupcl evenp:153600 evenp::115200 115200E:115200 hupcl evenp:115200 evenp::76800 76800E:76800 hupcl evenp:76800 evenp::57600 57600E:57600 hupcl evenp:57600 evenp::38400 38400E:38400 hupcl evenp:38400 evenp::19200 19200E:19200 hupcl evenp:19200 evenp::9600 9600E:9600 hupcl evenp:9600 evenp::4800 4800E:4800 hupcl evenp:4800 evenp::2400 2400E:2400 hupcl evenp:2400 evenp::1200 1200E:1200 hupcl evenp:1200 evenp::300 300E:300 hupcl evenp:300 evenp::19200 auto:hupcl:sane hupcl:A:9600 console1:1200 hupcl opost onlcr:1200::console2 console2:300 hupcl opost onlcr:300::console3 console3:2400 hupcl opost onlcr:2400::console4 console4:4800 hupcl opost onlcr:4800::console5 console5:19200 hupcl opost onlcr:19200::console contty:9600 hupcl opost onlcr:9600 sane::contty1 contty1:1200 hupcl opost onlcr:1200 sane::contty2 contty2:300 hupcl opost onlcr:300 sane::contty3 contty3:2400 hupcl opost onlcr:2400 sane::contty4 contty4:4800 hupcl opost onlcr:4800 sane::contty5 contty5:19200 hupcl opost onlcr:19200 sane::contty 4800H:4800:4800 sane hupcl::9600H 9600H:9600:9600 sane hupcl::19200H 19200H:19200:19200 sane hupcl::38400H 38400H:38400:38400 sane hupcl::2400H 2400H:2400:2400 sane hupcl::1200H 1200H:1200:1200 sane hupcl::300H 300H:300:300 sane hupcl::4800H conttyH:9600 opost onlcr:9600 hupcl sane::contty1H contty1H:1200 opost onlcr:1200 hupcl sane::contty2H contty2H:300 opost onlcr:300 hupcl sane::contty3H contty3H:2400 opost onlcr:2400 hupcl sane::contty4H contty4H:4800 opost onlcr:4800 hupcl sane::contty5H contty5H:19200 opost onlcr:19200 hupcl sane::conttyH console:9600 hupcl opost onlcr crtscts:9600::console