Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:00:24 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 BETA4 no serial console Message-ID: <476672E8.6010503@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <20071217125143.GA27007@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <6d41e00a0d0deb2e305b1a4f86b9c601@127.0.0.1> <20071213205053.GA10017@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <47665299.4050208@kernel32.de> <20071217112130.GA25140@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <4766626F.8030606@kernel32.de> <20071217125143.GA27007@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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Hi Ho, Jeremy Chadwick schrieb: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 12:50:07PM +0100, Marian Hettwer wrote: > >> marian46-23# stty -a -f /dev/ttyd0 >> speed 9600 baud; 0 rows; 0 columns; >> lflags: icanon isig iexten echo echoe -echok echoke -echonl echoctl >> -echoprt -altwerase -noflsh -tostop -flusho -pendin -nokerninfo >> -extproc >> iflags: -istrip icrnl -inlcr -igncr ixon -ixoff ixany imaxbel -ignbrk >> brkint -inpck -ignpar -parmrk >> oflags: opost onlcr -ocrnl -oxtabs -onocr -onlret >> cflags: cread cs8 -parenb -parodd hupcl clocal -cstopb -crtscts -dsrflow >> -dtrflow -mdmbuf >> cchars: discard = ^O; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; >> eol2 = <undef>; erase = ^?; erase2 = ^H; intr = ^C; kill = ^U; >> lnext = ^V; min = 1; quit = ^\; reprint = ^R; start = ^Q; >> status = ^T; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; time = 0; werase = ^W; >> >> hm... >> > > Identical to ours... > > Well, the reason you'd get boot messages and kernel output would be that > neither of those (AFIAK) bothers to check for things like DTR/DSR and > DCD. getty, on the other hand, does. That's what makes me think it > might be a cabling or adapter issue. The 3wire.9600 test, I assume, > should've worked though... > > Well, I enabled the 2wirte.9600 test via "kill -HUP 1". And according to my processlist, getty was running with 3wire.9600. I could try to reboot, although this should make a difference at all. >> It's really really strange that I can see the whole boot process but don't >> have a login prompt in the end. strange. >> > > Has this box been "upgraded" from RELENG_6 or anything like that? I > remember encountering a situation with one of our RELENG_6 boxes where > serial console would work fine up until the point of getting a login > prompt via getty, which never worked. Rebuilding kernel + world fixed > the problem (time delta between kernel/world builds was over 100 days, > and during that time I'm sure there were serial console changes). > > Nope, my installation was built from source via "make buildworld TARGET_ARCH=amd64", afterwards pxebooted the box and copied my nfsroot to hard disk and then booted of hard disk. I can't think of a mistake in that process. thats really odd. hhmm... I cvsup today to RELENG_7 and give make buildworld another go. regards, Marian
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