Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:52:26 +0300 From: Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, sodynet1@gmail.com Subject: Re: su problem Message-ID: <E1Sdgh0-0000tK-Fs@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il> In-Reply-To: <201206101128.q5ABShXN007826@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <201206101128.q5ABShXN007826@lurza.secnetix.de>
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> Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Oliver, > > I saw you had similar problem for console on 2010 > > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Serial-console-problems-with-stab=le-8-td3950684.html > > No, I don't think that the problem is related. My problem > was with the serial console, while you don't have a serial > console attached at all (at least you didn't mention it). > > > but the thread wasn't ended by recommendation or conclusions by you. > > > > did you solve that problem then? > > No, I came to the conclusion that the serial console support > in FreeBSD 8 was broken somehow. So I removed the console > cable; it's running with an old VGA CRT as the console for > now. Fortunately I require console access very seldom, so > I don't have to drive to that machine often. It's still > annoying, but I didn't find a better solution; downgrading > to 7.x isn't an option. > just for the record, serial on 8.x works fine! the device naming has changed from sio to uart, and maybe some features. We use it on all our servers, even redirecting it where possible via ILO,IMPI,DRAC. and is great for debuging or saving long trips :-) WARNING: control access to these devices, specialy since root can login on the console! danny
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