From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jul 26 9:48:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.sentex.ca (smtp1.sentex.ca [199.212.134.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3649E37B405 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:48:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simoeon.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [209.112.4.47]) by smtp1.sentex.ca (8.11.2/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f6QGmYs10279; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:48:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010726124152.078142f0@marble.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtpop@marble.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:42:27 -0400 To: "Robin P. Blanchard" , stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: serial console woes In-Reply-To: <3B60464F.229F72C6@gactr.uga.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 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 In /etc/ttys, do you have ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup on secure or ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure If off, change it to on, and kill -1 1 ---Mike At 12:33 PM 7/26/01 -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 > >help? > >thanks in advance. > > >relevant dmesg: > >FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #0: Thu Jul 26 11:34:43 EDT 2001 > root@qat.noc.nat:/usr/src/sys/compile/radio >Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz >CPU: Pentium Pro (199.43-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x619 Stepping = 9 > >Features=0xfbff >real memory = 268435456 (262144K bytes) >avail memory = 257708032 (251668K bytes) >Programming 16 pins in IOAPIC #0 >EISA INTCONTROL = 00004e00 >IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0 >FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard > cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 3, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000 > cpu1 (AP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000 > io0 (APIC): apic id: 1, version: 0x000f0011, at 0xfec00000 >VESA: v2.0, 1024k memory, flags:0x0, mode table:0xc0302e02 (1000022) >VESA: ATI MACH64 >Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled >md0: Malloc disk >npx0: on motherboard >npx0: INT 16 interface >pcib0: on motherboard >pci0: on pcib0 >pcib1: at device 13.0 on pci0 >pci1: on pcib1 >ahc0: port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem >0xfddfe000-0xf >ddfefff irq 9 at device 10.0 on pci1 >aic7880: Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs >ahc1: port 0xe400-0xe4ff mem >0xfddfd000-0xfddfdff >f irq 9 at device 11.0 on pci1 >aic7860: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/255 SCBs >isab0: at device 15.0 on pci0 >eisa0: on isab0 >mainboard0: on eisa0 slot 0 >isa0: on isab0 >fxp0: port 0xf4a0-0xf4bf mem >0xfdf00000-0xfdff >ffff,0xfdefe000-0xfdefefff irq 10 at device 16.0 on pci0 >fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:25:47:dd >nsphy0: on miibus0 >nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto >pcm0: port 0xf4c0-0xf4ff irq 11 at device 17.0 on pci0 >de0: port 0xf400-0xf47f mem >0xfdeffc00-0xfdeffc7f > irq 14 at device 19.0 on pci0 >de0: SMC 9332BDT 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0 >de0: address 00:e0:29:05:78:b5 >pci0: at 20.0 >orm0: