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From: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
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Subject: Re: [4.1-STABLE] Serial console "hanging" on boot ...
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> I'm running a remote server on a serial console, and when I reboot, it
> always hangs in the same place, not giving me a login prompt ... I've been
> using the serial console for >1 year now, and its just been recently that
> its been hanging, so not sure if maybe I've missed a config change that I
> need to maek in my kernel, or something like that?
> 
> rc.i386 configuring syscons: blank_time.
> starting local daemons:starting local daemons: pwcheckrm: /tmp/.s.*: No such file or directory
>  postgresql[1] 1475
> [2] 1476
>  httpdldconfig: warning: /home/db/lib: No such file or directory
> [Tue Aug 15 06:38:45 2000] [error] Cannot resolve host name www.indianarts-crafts.com --- ignoring!
> Reading key for server cibc.competency.org:443
> Reading key for server cibc.mastery.org:443
> Reading key for server globalmatch.com:443
> Reading key for server www.protectedsite.com:443
> Reading key for server imp.tht.net:443
> Launching... /usr/local/apache/bin/gcache
> pid=1546
>  cvsupd rsync smb.
> .
> Local package initialization: Modula-3 aolserver.
> Additional TCP options:.
> Tue Aug 15 06:38:53 EDT 2000
> 
> 
> Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
> primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
Ummm... "try turning it on in /etc/ttys"  :-)

Lack of getty is the typical cause of not getting a login: prompt.  :-)

-- 
... Joe

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