Need to Connect to pfSense Console: Screen is missing

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You can’t use tmux to connect to a serial console.

You have a few options:

  • minicom
  • screen (from epel)
  • putty (from epel)
[root@xmpp01 ~]# dnf list minicom putty screen
Last metadata expiration check: 3:50:50 ago on Sun 13 Apr 2025 04:43:03 PM MST.
Available Packages
minicom.x86_64                        2.7.1-17.el9                        baseos
putty.x86_64                          0.81-1.el9                          epel
screen.x86_64                         4.8.0-6.el9                         epel

To enable EPEL:

% dnf install epel-release
% crb enable

And then you can install screen or putty if those are what you need.

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