From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 10 11:57:25 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 977E7106566B for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:57:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sodynet1@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A7C98FC08 for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:57:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obcni5 with SMTP id ni5so6593413obc.13 for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 04:57:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=+vqUnQbP0hrpSXPIWFqkibBxP91K9AHoYcFS1Jacx0M=; b=xuJpVBMYSHFdzdovWgcI9+AQOE3vL1HJBQvzGMuy5vq+C93UUENez+WDMHh5UJ+B6s sYq6V3vTQqVkNcZJXZ2Qac5a9d86FVvvVIi20xVDHsi7biUhOiN0NyMks8KdHjxjsiEe 2asdv819NmG42od9xeAfAkdDAWCydkpvvjp8uTqqsHDzZWmbVFjJW2b5cku8hUM7/lCF UMkPII47+1Y0xuLzFubSfc8ANc4GiNsSUjvA4G10pvnpEbhD/xqkeBYQmVSmsc1+lSqB 6hgLpunUJ6bWzwmoh2nPW3/kGtHce5wsB71SxVkv7L50Fv9ciTQd6Jcnh3KYdkiBSK6O wM9Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.18.137 with SMTP id w9mr13161978obd.75.1339329439065; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 04:57:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.44.101 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 04:57:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201206101128.q5ABShXN007826@lurza.secnetix.de> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:57:19 +0300 Message-ID: From: Sami Halabi To: Daniel Braniss Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:57:25 -0000 Well,in8.1 & 8.2it worked fine for me, in 8.3 i got this problem..... On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Daniel Braniss wrote: > > Sami Halabi 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 > > > -- Sami Halabi Information Systems Engineer NMS Projects Expert FreeBSD SysAdmin Expert