From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 17 7: 6:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from orbix.mobilix.dk (orbix.mobilix.dk [194.234.180.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2B537B641 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 07:06:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms04.mobilix.dk (ms04.mobilix.dk [172.16.1.24]) by orbix.mobilix.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA25845 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:38:26 +0200 Received: FROM ms07.mobilix.dk BY ms04.mobilix.dk ; Thu Aug 17 10:38:07 2000 +0100 Received: by ms07.mobilix.dk with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <3M3FBCGD>; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:38:06 +0100 Message-ID: <2D3005375CAED31199D00008C784963F015D73C5@ms02.mobilix.dk> From: Morten Vinding Nielsen To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: [4.1-STABLE] Serial console "hanging" on boot ... Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:38:02 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try: console "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure in /etc/ttys Of course you have to change 9600 if you use a different speed. Works for me. Morten -----Original Message----- From: The Hermit Hacker [mailto:scrappy@hub.org] Sent: 16. august 2000 23:31 To: Joe Greco Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [4.1-STABLE] Serial console "hanging" on boot ... 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net > Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847 > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message