From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Feb 13 7: 4:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD8E537B41C for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 07:04:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.11.6/8.11.6) with UUCP id g1DF4cb14193; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:04:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: from cicely8.cicely.de (cicely8.cicely.de [10.1.2.10]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1DF45eS021668; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:04:05 +0100 (CET)?g (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely8.cicely.de (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1DF44326747; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:04:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:04:04 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Normand Leclerc Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial console drops dead Message-ID: <20020213150404.GK23566@cicely8.cicely.de> References: <000501c1b494$c9c22d30$038c898e@dactyl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000501c1b494$c9c22d30$038c898e@dactyl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely8.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 08:46:07AM -0500, Normand Leclerc wrote: > I am having an annoying problem with my serial console. After a while > (1 or 2 days) it drops dead. > > I have configured flags 0x30 for sio0 on FreeBSD 4.5 on my PC164sx > computer. The serial terminal is a computer that is not always turned > on. You usually get a BREAK condition if the console server is turned off. Most developers have DDB with BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER compiled in and don't power off the console terminal. I wouldn't be surprised if noone ever tested your situation. > I tried to reanimate the console with an init q command but nothing gets > to the terminal. Anyone has this problem? I didn't change anything in > the gettytab either. init q only rereads /etc/ttys but doesn't change console situation. -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message