Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 17:13:45 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPMI SOL seems to not accept characters after getty starts Message-ID: <CANCZdfqtutUCBBjyO3MsfKaW9GfaqqgSGCT3y2T5EsmiKVcqOg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0901f10d-a0d2-9020-9b4f-a5efc0bd18cd@freebsd.org> References: <0901f10d-a0d2-9020-9b4f-a5efc0bd18cd@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 4:39 PM, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org> wrote: > tl;dr pxeboot new x86 host, ipmi sol works in loader, not after multiuser. > > The FreeBSD cluster just acquired 4x Supermicro X11DDW-L and I am having > the hardest time with the IPMI SOL interface. > > I have configured "COM2" as the IPMI SOL interface and enabled console > redirection. Netbooting via pxeboot works well and the loader menu is > interactive and responds. > > After NFS booting into freebsd (current or stable/11), getty fires up > and attaches to ttyu0. It prompts me correctly, but it does not accept > my keystrokes. > > If I do not configure /etc/ttys to enable a tty unconditionally (on vs > onifconsole), I see dmesg/kernel boot messages but never get a tty. > > Its as though FreeBSD does *not* recognize the IPMI SOL port as the > console or something and I'm super confused. Any thoughts here? > Works fine for me. So, let's start with your /boot.config (or /boot/config) loader.conf and device,hints settings. Also BIOS or UEFI? Warner
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