From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 12:27:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11F8016A4CF for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:27:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from catflap.slightlystrange.org (cpc2-cmbg1-3-0-cust94.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [213.107.104.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7733043D1F for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:26:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danielby@slightlystrange.org) Received: from danielby by catflap.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 4.50 (FreeBSD)) id 1DBu5Z-0004jF-FC; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:26:57 +0000 Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:26:57 +0000 From: Daniel Bye To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Daniel Bye Message-ID: <20050317122657.GA17218@catflap.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Daniel Bye References: <20050315113702.GA46171@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <200503170207.12409@harrymail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200503170207.12409@harrymail> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Serial console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Bye List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:27:00 -0000 --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 02:07:07AM +0100, Emanuel Strobl wrote: > Am Dienstag, 15. M?rz 2005 12:37 schrieb Daniel Bye: > [...] > > The machine boots - you see the BIOS POST, the SATA controller comes up, > > then you see FreeBSD's boot messages on the console. As soon as the > > kernel launches, we get the login: prompt and then nothing. So, we know > > the hardware works; the problem is something I am doing with the kernel > > config. As I said, this setup is the same as a machine running the same > > hardware, that is known to be working. >=20 > If I understand it correctly you see the kernel probing, any you also see= that=20 > a getty gets started at ttyd0 but you can't type (and see the echo) anyth= ing,=20 > right? Yes, this is the case. We see the same lack of responsiveness to the keyboard during the loader, as well; I guess this points to a problem with the cabling. > Maybe it's your terminal connection (null-modem I guess). Sorry - yes, we are using a Cisco console server. And thinking about it now, I seem to recall that a few months ago we discovered one of the lines on the octopus was dodgy. I wonder... > Make sure to measure 0Ohm between pin 1 and 6 (DSR-DCD) on the DTE (compu= ter). > That's my only guess. Everything elese seems to be fine... Thanks for the nudge. Dan --=20 Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3B9D 8BBB EB03 BA83 5DB4 3B88 86FC F03A 90A1 BE8F _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCOXeRhvzwOpChvo8RAugyAKDm+6M/8rTxoRwx1p+QnUX3w5dg2wCfevfx 9Vf2JvzroV/WTDiiOYHvSHA= =NNyR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s--