From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 18:44:15 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 708F2F06 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:44:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f176.google.com (mail-ob0-f176.google.com [209.85.214.176]) (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 3A9DE971 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:44:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f176.google.com with SMTP id wo20so5092591obc.7 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:44:08 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=HElIYAoC57G9H/jRobjPy/T5KhHsCKIjqOOkzj2LeLc=; b=R4ZDp3KdqOavjiUboG1MB/RyNIFeRlZ/tyyQNQekyE9umc8To2oOBAsiwU9ggNGfwQ uOEH3BEVZwOSTw9TGBgOikg1inIubCfmIliVZJ0YEN7kVjaBb+g2s85z38UDxQuUeVSj QjIwHZlzhPAAoZPmJpIsDbK7ZhMvK3tz/otV8C1NR4BKz0wYMREugadcXdpcLwRGsB6n CUMtIMeKoTzu5iyim+7qbWokPGFCXBnsUJGSOyBALf+Mu+6spjv4xB5IfoPhQZbeRutH T2uxAz3vN4qZcMEFwmZeugghvgWqFECUSGcyPd6pAIxH8hjR/yJQXHGRq3/ikV6NhrPV d0YA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlt21lLkVh292ZvErm03EJF2PTBi6hfFMQgYBfS0j9DhIn57NXzxkKOJXh6pxD5/KkVaSzK MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.71.39 with SMTP id r7mr29647obu.42.1423680247870; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:44:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.33.104 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:44:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150211183134.3B88122950@server1.shellworld.net> References: <20150211183134.3B88122950@server1.shellworld.net> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:44:07 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Question about a Remote DRAC on a Dell Server From: Michael Sierchio To: "Martin G. McCormick" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:44:15 -0000 On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Martin G. McCormick wrote: > > We have a new Dell Server running FreeBSD9.3 and our > problem is that when trying to operate the system remotely via > ipmitool and a command-line console, The FreeBSD kernel displays > all boot messages as it should but then we lose contact because > the system wants to go to a GUI console which will not work over > a text-only channel. The problem may simply be your /etc/ttys. You need to turn on getty on one or more of the serial ports. The section for serial terminals on my machine looks like this: # Serial terminals # The 'dialup' keyword identifies dialin lines to login, fingerd etc. ttyu0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup on secure - M