Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 09:54:29 -0400 From: "Kelly Black" <kjblack@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7: /boot/loader command prompt mode broken? Message-ID: <1b1b33f10807080654s785f0f8aj487730337026a9e6@mail.gmail.com>
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>Message: 4 >Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:10:45 -0700 >From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> >Subject: Re: RELENG_7: /boot/loader command prompt mode broken? >To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru> >Cc: stable@freebsd.org >Message-ID: <20080707211045.90F274500E@ptavv.es.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:21:47 +0800 >> From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru> >> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> >> Hi! >> >> Today I've updated my 7.0-STABLE system using source upgrade path. >> loader(8) boots it just fine but it's impossible to issue commands >> using its command prompt mode (N.B.: beastie_disable="YES" >> and autoboot_delay="2" are in my /boot/loader.conf). >> >> At boot time, I hit "Space" button to reach its command prompt - that works. >> While typing of a command, I observe one of bad things: >> >> 1) it just hangs solid (keyboard LEDs do not switch) after a couple >> of characters entered, or >> 2) system spontaneously reboots while typing, or >> 3) it shows endless flow of hex dump, presumably from BTX. >> >> Most of time it hangs, a couple of times I've got reboot >> and once there was hex dump. I use vidconsole with PS/2 keyboard. >> >> Seldom I've allowed to type 'boot -s' and hit enter without a problem - >> it boots system OK then. So, I assume there is a problem >> with vidconsole input/output routines. >> [Snip ... ] >> I am having a similar problem. I removed the config.boot file with no change. Someone in this list posted the following links: > documented here; and yes, I realise you don't get a screen full of > continual register dumps, but different people saw different behaviour: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/JeremyChadwick/Commonly_reported_issues > > Also see these mailing list threads: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-October/078755.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-November/038214.html > Unfortunately I have not had a chance to test them yet. (It is hard to bring a machine down while it is running.) Sincerely, Kel -- _______________________________________________________ Kelly Black Phone: (518) 388-8727 Department of Mathematics FAX: (603) 388-6005 Union College e-mail: kelly.black@union.edu Schenectady NY 12308 (USA) WWW: http://blackk.union.edu/~black
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