Serial console initially spams login prompt until enter is pressed

[senser]

The serial console spams the login prompt when I initally connect to it (putty). Once I hit enter it stops and I can login and use it normally.
Should I be worried? Anytging I should check? Thanks!

[patient0]

The serial console spams the login prompt when I initally connect to it (putty). Once I hit enter it stops and I can login and use it normally.
Should I be worried? Anytging I should check? Thanks!

What does it output to the console? E.g. if an interface is going down, that is send to standard out, which happens to be the console. Some events have to be look at and others are just (startup) noise.

[dseven]

OP clearly stated that it's the *login prompt* that's being spammed until they press Enter.

I don't know what would cause that. Have you tried a different terminal emulator?

[patient0]

OP clearly stated that it's the *login prompt* that's being spammed until they press Enter.

> The serial console spams the login prompt

You think that can't be output of to std output, on the console?

[dseven]

You think that can't be output of to std output, on the console?

Not sure what you're on about. The login prompt is written to the console tty by the getty process. It has nothing to do with stdout.

The (OP's) question is why it's continually being output until they send Enter. Normally it would be output *once* each time Enter is sent. I'd tend to suspect that PuTTY is doing something weird, hence the suggestion to try a different terminal emulator to see if it still occurs.