Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:38:10 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: delphij@FreeBSD.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: consoles broken on Thinkpad T20 Message-ID: <20050612123810.GA74776@cell.sick.ru> In-Reply-To: <20050612110631.GA74232@cell.sick.ru> References: <20050612110631.GA74232@cell.sick.ru>
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On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 03:06:31PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
T> today I've upgraded to recent current, and got the following breakage.
T> When my notebook boots, right after printing "Updating motd",
T> screen goes black. After it has finished booting I can't switch
T> consoles - Alt-{F2,F3 .. F8} produces beep. ALt-F1 does not, but
T> screen is black. I've found a workaround - switching ttyv0 off
T> in /etc/ttys gives me ability to switch consoles and work. The first
T> vty is black still.
T>
T> I've also tried putting 'exit 0' in the very beginning of /etc/rc.d/syscons.
T> In this case I see as notebook continues to boot, but at the very end,
T> after local startup, the first vty goes black.
I've found that problem is caused by /usr/sbin/ispcvt call from /etc/rc.d/syscons
and later rom /etc/rc.d/pcvt.
Calling ispcvt by hand causes the same black screen and other symptoms as
describe in above quote.
--
Totus tuus, Glebius.
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