From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jul 26 9:36:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail.numachi.com (numachi.numachi.com [198.175.254.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 092A537B405 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:36:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reichert@natto.numachi.com) Received: (qmail 26991 invoked by uid 3001); 26 Jul 2001 16:36:32 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by numachi.numachi.com with SMTP; 26 Jul 2001 16:36:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 79588 invoked by uid 1001); 26 Jul 2001 16:36:32 -0000 Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:36:32 -0400 From: Brian Reichert To: "Robin P. Blanchard" Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: serial console woes Message-ID: <20010726123631.B79454@numachi.com> References: <3B60464F.229F72C6@gactr.uga.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B60464F.229F72C6@gactr.uga.edu>; from Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 12:33:19PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 12:33:19PM -0400, Robin P. Blanchard wrote: > ok... > > i've followed the instructions per the handbook for setting > up a headless box with serial console. i keep running > into the same problem. i see the box boot (via the serial link), > and all relevant kernel messages are displayed via the serial link; > but i never get a login prompt. it's as if only kernel messages are being > redirected to the serial link and i don't really have a console. > > i tried forcing the serial port to be console via by adding > 0x30 to its flags in the kernel config and still the same results. > > i've also played with all imagineable combinations of -P -D and -h > in /boot.config Do you have getty running on either ttyd0 or cuaa0? Line discipline matters as well... > help? > > thanks in advance. -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message