Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:31:21 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [4.1-STABLE] Serial console "hanging" on boot ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008161930480.48583-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <200008162110.QAA19236@aurora.sol.net>
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odd, now I get a login prompt, but I still have a keyboard that is dead ;(
and you are right, it has to be ttyd0 ..
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joe Greco wrote:
> > > Ummm... "try turning it on in /etc/ttys" :-)
> > >
> > > Lack of getty is the typical cause of not getting a login: prompt. :-)
> >
> > d'oh, it can't be that simple ... can it? :( just set 'console' to on in
> > /etc/ttys? I probably had it and overwrote it without realizing when I
> > did a mergemaster :(
>
> Actually, I'm not at all sure you're supposed to use "console". I use
> ttyd0, here.
> --
> ... Joe
>
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