From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 07:21:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E3DD1065674 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:21:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8BFF8FC22 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o8D7LLVq098605; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:21:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o8D7LLId098604; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:21:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:21:21 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <201009130721.o8D7LLId098604@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd@jdc.parodius.com In-Reply-To: <20100913065658.GA44306@icarus.home.lan> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:21:36 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Serial console problems with stable/8 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: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:21:38 -0000 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Is there a PS/2 keyboard hooked up to this machine when you're > attempting to get serial console output? Kind of. It's connected to a local KVM switch. > If so, I'm not too surprised it doesn't work (re: -P flag). If -P is not supposed to activate the serial console, then the boot.config(5) manpage is in urgent need of a fix. Quote: > The command: > > # echo "-P" > /boot.config > > will activate the serial console of FreeBSD. Also, with that flag it has worked fine for ages, until I updated to 8.1-stable. There must be a regression somewhere. > Can you try the following? > > 1) Removing kernel_options and console from loader.conf > 2) Place "-P" in /boot.config instead > > If this doesn't change the behaviour, please replace -P and with -D -h > and see if there's any improvement. I already have tried all kinds of different combinations when I sat in front of the box yesterday. I'm not sure if I have tried the exact combination that you suggest, though. I also don't understand why those changes should improve anything. Anyway, I will try next time I'm near the machine (it's a three hours ride) which will probably be on Friday. If it won't work then I'll downgrade it to 7.1 the same day. BTW, the interesting thing is that all processes that try to access the console hang in "ttydcd". I'm not familiar with the tty code ... Does anyone have an idea what this means? Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd With Perl you can manipulate text, interact with programs, talk over networks, drive Web pages, perform arbitrary precision arithmetic, and write programs that look like Snoopy swearing.