Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:58:53 +0200 From: Greg Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Michael Vince <mv@thebeastie.org> Subject: Re: probs on 6.2-prerelease Message-ID: <20060925135853.GA814@core.byshenk.net> In-Reply-To: <4517D4CA.1040506@jellydonut.org> References: <45174A0C.50404@thebeastie.org> <4517D4CA.1040506@jellydonut.org>
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:08:26AM -0400, Michael Proto wrote: > Michael Vince wrote: > > I don't know if this is pre 6.2 specific but I changed my /etc/tty for > > device ttyd0 to 'on' from 'off' and when I rebooted the pc I couldn't > > login via regular KVM console, just don't get a login. > > The more alarming thing was that while it appeared everything was > > booting up from the boot up messages on the screen, I couldn't remotely > > log into the server in fact it appears the machine didn't bring up the > > Ethernet device as I couldn't even ping it. > > As soon as I switched the ttyd0 back to 'off' and rebooted it I could > > ssh back into the server etc. > > I have a regular kernel and 1 jail and samba on this machine. > I know this isn't a "yes I'm having problems" response but thought it > might be useful anyway. > I'm running 6.2-pre on a Soekris Engineering Net4501 with ttyd0 enabled > in /etc/ttys and I'm not having any problems with the system booting or > logging in via serial console. SSH logins work fine and the network is > brought-up as normal during boot. I've had this system in the same > config (in regards to /etc/ttys) since the 6 was still the HEAD branch > and I have yet to see problems with it. One difference here is that I > don't have any virtual consoles enabled BUT ttyd0 (and > pseudo-terminals), as this box doesn't have a video card, just a serial > port. I can also report no problems running 6.2-pre on i686. I am running on several machines, using serial consoles, machines _with_ video cards, but mostly unused (one machine has a KVM connected, and it works fine, as well. No problems with video, no problems with network, no problems with ssh login, etc. -greg FreeBSD xxx.xxx.com 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #21: Tue Sep 19 19:37:00 CEST 2006 root@xxx.xxx.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/XXXX i386 /etc/ttys: [...] ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" xterm on secure [...] /boot/loader.conf [...] console=comconsole [...] -- greg byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL
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