From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 20 13:21:06 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C33DBB9E4D3 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 13:21:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x229.google.com (mail-io0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8AB78169D for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 13:21:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x229.google.com with SMTP id m101so47114248ioi.2 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 06:21:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=HoO6mlW6H2aBFsnPj0Mk92Z2rUBOy0djxO72oMtAnWw=; b=vElUs5W0ZyO3CncDVRRzxH0amZANysNOeEjMqcGsuG9Em+DAE0cT2L+J7fqu0s6APP N/xZbVgoJvVo/Q35oZsEwCCo69siXWW7FLbQh2pRc8qt0vu47g1SJSapvxMcCcd/3QED Sqj6jPkF8yK/1lumkzDoo8owN6UHJkKUmdAvYaQAMROmKc/45iqW76C+sdgZsaQA7QZv UGtf7cb5MYBTbaCIsqH4aw47DlTirSvBA2SwYPGU5Gf04J63vaTYVqlkD+2uAunvIEdS xYISvx7DUXD3PNdXN1/F0zXu9qcNkBrfAzRSDLN3G6sY4E6snXzahVpHUnGVU26EO8LR BxSg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=HoO6mlW6H2aBFsnPj0Mk92Z2rUBOy0djxO72oMtAnWw=; b=elNZDf/pQPORX6jModeEKdcnClJ0hsxmh4OJ0nmvny/dWwNEFOaiY8M0zK8+B9ntG4 5xiZCL6fV3+XThP5PjLMFv4PKvg8vF1tX8pcGkdIw22fTT+08CLukQrdUosJ+Ul3rcV4 m3Zsd9QaHxBSQs/hWFjfeoMLzeyjFVEJE6XRTGu3KSHLQStP9Y9Rf1D1j5ltzuloOoOi SBsOA/3CKL8bzKBMSZuorVZoWdfaaMWDOcfI2cLnm9cQK8ek0n6k/tj4MPHWVaZoOc5j GinbJLe9cEpqjrbaWrJPSBCEQ5byYeRQR+lhyO5snhqcbtXNqKQ+xeiZw7Mlw1x6H8nV /Jcw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tL3EsRxYm6TLeCMICxCujt+VdXNq5MmlpstxoAUxlcxgR88xQFHwikxgo5v0iKDAg== X-Received: by 10.107.26.16 with SMTP id a16mr27075105ioa.30.1469020865831; Wed, 20 Jul 2016 06:21:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.10.3] (cpe-184-56-210-236.neo.res.rr.com. [184.56.210.236]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id i80sm1381988ita.5.2016.07.20.06.21.05 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 20 Jul 2016 06:21:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <578F7AC3.9070702@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:21:07 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon CC: Nan Xiao , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: A question about modifying autoboot delay time References: <2016072011093115531210@chinadtrace.org> <20160720143127.d93ff2ff.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20160720143127.d93ff2ff.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 13:21:06 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:09:33 +0800, Nan Xiao wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> My FreeBSD is running on VMware virtual machine. I modify /boot/loader.conf file >> to prolong autoboot delay time: >> >> # cat /boot/loader.conf >> autoboot_delay="60" >> >> After rebooting, I find the prompt is still default value (10s), and the >> screen looks >> like hung (The image is here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NanXiao/FreeBSD-101-Hacks/master/images/boot_kernel.JPG). >> But the actual delay time seems taking effect, about passing one minute, >> the system boots up. >> >> Is it a bug of running FreeBSD on VMware virtual machine? Could anyone >> help to explain it? > > Did you try the "simplified" boot screen? In /boot/loader.conf, > define the following: > > autoboot_delay="60" > beastie_disable="YES" > > Maybe it's just a "display thing" error related to the menu screen... > > You did not state what version of Freebsd your running. If your running any of the available 11.0 systems then the problem may be with the default vt console driver. You can code boot loader to use sc driver instead to see if problem is still there.