Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 09:31:04 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Muthu_T@Dell.com Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Normal Booting on Dell PE3250 Message-ID: <20040512163104.GA43884@ns1.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <DF2929AADC696949827B93534462FBA14DB399@blrx2kmbgl202.blr.amer.dell.com> References: <DF2929AADC696949827B93534462FBA14DB399@blrx2kmbgl202.blr.amer.dell.com>
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On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 03:06:28PM +0530, Muthu_T@Dell.com wrote: > > >There's no VGA console support by default. > > My dmesg shows the following output. > <snip> > pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0 > pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 > pci1: <display, VGA> at device 1.0 (no driver attached) > </snip> > > What is the issue to enable the VGA console in IA64 build? The issue is that our syscons(4) driver and related hardware driver have too much PC specific code that breaks on machines that don't have any PC legacy compatibility. The net effect is that no HP machines work when syscons is enabled. Hence, syscons is not supported by default. > > But I cannot get the login: prompt on the serial console. What is the > problem? You need a getty(8) on the serial line. Boot in single user mode and update /etc/ttys [ttys(5)]. For example, to enable a getty(8) on the first serial interface, make sure /etc/ttys contains something like: ttyu0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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