From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 13:15:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B67916A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1812F43D53 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:15:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i35KF08o028180; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:15:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i35KF0di028179; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:15:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:15:00 -0400 From: Ken Smith To: Stephane Bortzmeyer Message-ID: <20040405201500.GA28015@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <200404051931.i35JVPG7010822@ludwigV.sources.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200404051931.i35JVPG7010822@ludwigV.sources.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [-CURRENT] Nothing more on the console? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 20:15:23 -0000 On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:31:25PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > [It could be a hardware problem but it happened right after a "make > installworld" in -CURRENT.] > > My UltraSparc 10 no longer boots and displays nothing on the console: > > * with a Sun keyboard and screen, the monitor switches on (green LED) when the > machine boots but nothing appears on the screen. > > * with no keyboard and a serial console on port A or B, nothing is displayed. > > I tried to type Stop-N or Stop-A on the Sun keyboard (it was a very long time > since I had to use the console, the machine was running headless and I don't > remember the NVRAM settings) without results. > > It may be a hardware problem, giving the age of the machine, but I still hope > the problem is somewhere in the console. There was some console related work done recently by both me and someone else so it's possible this is a -current related issue. BUT as far as I know if you remove the keyboard there is nothing that would stop the machine from at least printing the PROM monitor's initial boot-up dialog to the serial port A. Even if the NVRAM settings are for "keyboard/screen" if the machine has no keyboard attached it should convert on its own to using the serial port. Do you get this initial PROM-related dialog at all? -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |