Talk:Serial debugging:Cable schematics

getty on the serial line
It can be useful to have a tty on the serial line, e.g. if USB networking doesn't work and you still want to access the shell on a running system.

This can be achieved by enabling getty on the serial line. To achieve this, add  (adjust for the serial on your device) to the file. When the device is finished booting you will get a login prompt on the serial line.

TODO: Has to be integrated (and reworded) into the main page. It's currently only about hardware so this software section would have to be fitted in somewhere.

Z3ntu (talk) 14:23, 7 October 2018 (EDT)

Pixel 4a advice is probably wrong
The text says that the headphone-jack-based cable should work for the Pixel 4a. I have such a cable, driven by an old 2.0 Bus Pirate. The cable does *not* work with my daughter's Pixel 4a, but it works fine with my old Nexus 6P. With the Pixel, nothing shows up on the terminal emulator when the boot loader starts, and an oscilloscope shows no activity on either tip or ring 1, so it's apparently not just a voltage threshold issue. I suspect that the 4a either uses a USB-based cable like the other later Pixels, or doesn't do serial at all.