Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:38:46 +0100 From: Arien Vijn <arien.vijn@ams-ix.net> To: Arien Vijn <arien.vijn@ams-ix.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial console stops working at password prompt Message-ID: <324BF7B6-2375-11D8-A8C4-00039364C8C0@ams-ix.net> In-Reply-To: <D7B25841-2271-11D8-ABC6-00039364C8C0@ams-ix.net> References: <D7B25841-2271-11D8-ABC6-00039364C8C0@ams-ix.net>
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FYI, issue has been is solved.
Created a user with a blank password so I would directly start a shell.
This way I found out that there was a mismatch between
terminal-settings :-/
Arien
On 29-nov-03, at 14:42PM, Arien Vijn wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I do have an issue with FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE (i386) and a serial
> console. I can see the boot messages, console messages and a login
> prompt. I can type a username, after that it shows the password prompt
> and at that point things stop working as expected.
>
> After a while 'ps' shows that the login is the front-process (1059 in
> the output below) for ttyd0 but it becomes idle regardless any console
> input:
>
> # ps -ef | grep login
> 483 v0 Is 0:00.02 login [pam] (login)
> 1059 d0 I<s+ 0:00.01 login
>
> When I kill the login process the 'getty process' is started as
> front-process for ttyd0:
>
> # ps -ef | grep ttyd0
> 1085 d0 Ss+ 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyd0
>
> Again the login prompt appears in the terminal connected to the serial
> console.
>
> ps also shows that the login process raised CPU scheduling priority
> ('<'). Tests show that this process does that when waiting for a
> password in a VGA-console. So I guess the login process is waiting for
> a password but somehow it does not receive anything from the serial
> port. Hense it becomes idle.
>
> However, console messages (like: "login: Nov 29 21:37:46 cyclone
> login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv1") are redirected fine to the serial
> console.
>
> Does anyone have an idea what might go wrong here?
>
> Thanks in advance, Arien
>
>
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